FORERUNNER
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Scrabble
16
WWF
F(4) O(1) R(1) E(1) R(1) U(1) N(1) N(1) E(1) R(1)
NWL/TWL ✓ Collins ✓ WWF ✓
Definition
noun
- A runner at the front or ahead.
- 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.
- A precursor or harbinger, a warning ahead.
- A forebear, an ancestor, a predecessor.“Bakelite is a forerunner of today's plastics.”
- A postage stamp used in the time before a region or area issues stamps of its own.
Source: Wiktionary
Hooks
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