Definitions from Wiktionary (forerunner)

▸ noun:  A runner at the front or ahead.
▸ noun:  (sports) By extension, a non-competitor who leads out the competitors on to the circuit, or who runs/rides the course prior to competitor trials, usually testing or checking the way.
▸ noun:  A precursor or harbinger, a warning ahead.
▸ noun:  A forebear, an ancestor, a predecessor.
▸ noun:  (philately) A postage stamp used in the time before a region or area issues stamps of its own.
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