Noun
A messenger sent before to give notice of the approach of others; a harbinger; a sign foreshowing something; a prognostic; as, the forerunner of a fever.
A predecessor; an ancestor.
A piece of rag terminating the log line.
Source: Webster's dictionaryphrenology was an antecedent of modern neuroscience Source: Internet
About two brothers in South-East London, the series was in many ways a forerunner to Only Fools And Horses, only Jason was in the more dopey 'Rodders' role with Peter Armitage playing the cleverer of the two. Source: Internet
According to Dumezil the forerunner of all frame gods is an Indian epic hero who was the image ( avatar ) of the Vedic god Dyaus. Source: Internet
A forerunner of modern European decimal notation was introduced by Simon Stevin in the 16th century. citation Natural languages The ingenious method of expressing every possible number using a set of ten symbols emerged in India. Source: Internet
Alternate realities in philosophy and art Predating computers A forerunner of the modern ideas of cyberspace is the Cartesian notion that people might be deceived by an evil demon that feeds them a false reality. Source: Internet
As a survivor of the French retreat from Moscow in 1812, fantasies of heroism and adventure had little appeal for him, and like Goya he is often seen as a forerunner of Realism. Source: Internet