forerunner
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Contemporary Examples of forerunner
Melchior is the forerunner of the aunt who always gave me socks.
Turing conceived and built a computer, the forerunner of all digital computations, that cracked the code.
By contrast, Ashraf Ghani, the current forerunner in the partial second round results, got record support in Pashtun areas.
The organization started by Norquist is a forerunner to the Tea Party.
I see Dickens as the forerunner to people like Chaplin and Woody Allen, really.
Happy Birthday, Charles Dickens! ‘Lost,’ ‘NCIS,’ ‘Big Love,’ ‘Veep’ Writers on His LegacyJace Lacob
February 7, 2012
Historical Examples of forerunner
They are the sure, and even swift, forerunner of great changes.
Past and PresentThomas Carlyle
Like his forerunner he leapt on the back of the hindmost sheep.
Bob, Son of BattleAlfred Ollivant
One of the most famous of these is the legend of Theophilus, the forerunner of Faust.
The Evolution of LoveEmil Lucka
The next day was a counterpart of its forerunner, except that it got more on my nerves.
Wings of the WindCredo Harris
The tall cross is the emblem of the prophet, as a forerunner of the crucified one.
Tuscan Sculpture of the Fifteenth CenturyEstelle M. Hurll