Category:Predecessor

Pred`e*ces"sor, n. Etym: [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. prédécesseur. See decease.]

Defn: 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.