Forerunner

n.	1.	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. Whither the forerunner in for us entered, even Jesus. - Heb. vi. 20. My elder brothers, my forerunners, came. - Dryden.
	2.	A predecessor; an ancestor.
	3.	(Naut.) A piece of rag terminating the log line.

Noun	1.	forerunner - anything that precedes something similar in time; "phrenology was an antecedent of modern neuroscience" Synonyms: antecedent
	2.	forerunner - a person who goes before or announces the coming of another Synonyms: precursor
	3.	forerunner - an indication of the approach of something or someone Synonyms: harbinger, herald, precursor

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