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51ancestor — (n.) c.1300, ancestre, antecessour, from O.Fr. ancestre (12c., Mod.Fr. ancêtre), from L.L. antecessor predecessor, lit. foregoer, agent noun from pp. stem of L. antecedere to precede, from ante before (see ANTE (Cf. ante)) + ce …
52forego — forego1 verb variant spelling of forgo. forego2 verb (foregoes, foregoing, forewent; past participle foregone) archaic precede in place or time. Derivatives foregoer noun …
53forefather — n. Progenitor, ancestor, father, foregoer …
54forerunner — n. 1. Precursor, harbinger, herald, foregoer, avant courier. 2. Prelude, prognostic, sign, omen, premonition, precursor …
55leader — n 1. chief, head, doyen, principal, Inf. boss, Inf. bossman, Inf. kingpin, Inf. number one, Inf.Mr. Big, Sl. big cheese, Sl. biggest fish or frog in the pond; director, superior, dean, chairman; manager, overseer, supervisor, superintendent, Inf …
56pioneer — n 1. frontiersman, backwoodsman, settler, homesteader; pathfinder, trailbreaker, trailblazer, explorer, paver of the way; scout, guide, point; forerunner, antecedent, precursor, predecessor, foregoer; outrider, front or lead runner, vaunt courier …
57precursor — n 1. predecessor, foregoer, forerunner, antecedent; ancestor, forebear, progenitor, forefather, father; author, creator, originator, founder, innovator, groundbreaker. 2. pathfinder, advance man, pioneer, trailblazer, explorer; harbinger, herald …
58predecessor — n precursor, antecessor, antecedent, foregoer, forerunner, former job or office holder …
59progenitor — n 1. ancestor, forefather, forbear, primogenitor, Archaic. predecessor; procreator, begetter; patriarch, matriarch, parent, father, mother, sire, dam. 2. predecessor, precursor, forerunner, foregoer, antecedent; original, model, exemplar,… …
60stock — n 1. supply, store, stockpile, inventory; quantity, fund, lot, bunch, heap, pile, mass, stack, load, Chiefly U.S. Dial. grist; assortment, range, selection, variety; collection, accumulation, amassment, aggregate, Obs. commodity; reserve,… …
