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  • 11forego — forego1 foregoer, n. /fawr goh , fohr /, v.t., v.i., forewent, foregone, foregoing. to go before; precede. [bef. 900; ME forgon, forgan, OE foregan. See FORE , GO1] forego2 …

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  • 12forego — I. /fɔˈgoʊ / (say faw goh) verb (forewent, foregone, foregoing) –verb (i) 1. to go before. –verb (t) 2. to precede. {Middle English, Old English foregān go before, from fore fore + …

  • 13forerunner — [n1] messenger, herald advertiser, advocate, ancestor, announcer, author, envoy, forebearer, foregoer, harbinger, initiator, originator, pioneer, precursor, progenitor, prognostic, prototype; concepts 414,423 forerunner [n2] example, sign… …

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  • 14forego — I. transitive verb (forewent; foregone; foregoing) Date: before 12th century to go before ; precede • foregoer noun II. variant of forgo …

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  • 15ancestor — an·ces·tor n 1 a: a person from whom an individual is descended: ascendant b: a person from whom an estate descends compare heir 2: one that precedes ancestor in title …

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  • 16precursor — I noun advance guard, ancestor, announcer, antecedent, augury, avant courier, forebearer, forefather, foregoer, forerunner, guide, harbinger, herald, omen, parent, pathfinder, patriarch, pioneer, portent, precursor, praenuntius, precedent,… …

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  • 17predecessor — I noun ancestor, antecedent, antecessor, elder, forebearer, forefather, foregoer, foreparent, forerunner, former incumbent, former officeholder, founder, originator, patriarch, precursor, procreator, progenitor II index ancestor, ascendant,… …

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  • 18progenitor — I noun ancestor, antecedent, antecessor, begettor, forebear, forefather, foregoer, forerunner, genitor, origin, parens, parent, precursor, predecessor, primogenitor, procreator, sire, source II index ancestor, ascendant, derivation …

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  • 19ancestor — Synonyms and related words: ancestress, announcer, antecedent, ascendant, avant garde, begetter, bellwether, buccinator, bushwhacker, explorer, forebear, forefather, foregoer, forerunner, front runner, frontiersman, fugleman, grandparent,… …

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  • 20announcer — Synonyms and related words: AFTRA, DJ, MC, adviser, ancestor, anchor, anchor man, anchorman, annunciator, antecedent, authority, avant garde, bellman, bellwether, broadcaster, buccinator, buccinator novi temporis, bushwhacker, channel,… …

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