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English Dictionary: predecessor	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for predecessor
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
predecessor n one who precedes you in time (as in holding a position or office) something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone Synonym(s): harbinger, forerunner, predecessor, herald, precursor
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Predecessor \Pred`eces"sor\ (?; 277), n. [L. praedecessor; prae before + decessor one who withdraws from the province he has governed, a retiring officer (with reference to his successor), a predecessor, fr. decedere: cf. F. pr[82]d[82]cesseur. See {Decease}.] One who precedes; one who has preceded another in any state, position, office, etc.; one whom another follows or comes after, in any office or position. A prince who was as watchful as his predecessor* had been over the interests of the state. --Prescott.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
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