Category:Precursor

Pre*cur"sor, n. Etym: [l. praecursor, fr. praecurrere to run before; Prae before + currere to run. See course.]

Defn: one who, or that which, precedes an event, and indicates its Approach; a forerunner; a harbinger. Evil thoughts are the invisible, airy precursors of all the storms And tempests of the soul. Buckminster.

Syn. -- predecessor; forerunner; harbinger; messenger; omen; sign.