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De - Pt| English Dictionary: 'forerunner' | by the DICT Development Group |
| 2 results for 'forerunner' | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Forerunner \Fore*run"ner\, 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. [Obs.] --Shak. 3. (Naut.) A piece of rag terminating the log line. | |
| From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
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Forerunner John the Baptist went before our Lord in this character (Mark 1:2, 3). Christ so called (Heb. 6:20) as entering before his people into the holy place as their head and guide. | |
