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n. anything that precedes something similar in time; "phrenology was an antecedent of modern neuroscience"

n. a person who goes before or announces the coming of another

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n. one who precedes you in time (as in holding a position or office)

n. a feeling of evil to come; "a steadily escalating sense of foreboding"; "the lawyer had a presentiment that the judge would dismiss the case"

n. a sign of something about to happen; "he looked for an omen before going into battle"

n. a substance from which another substance is formed (especially by a metabolic reaction)

n. a standard or typical example; "he is the prototype of good breeding"; "he provided America with an image of the good father"

n. an officer in command of a military unit

n. a ruler who is unconstrained by law

n. directs the work of others

n. a horse used to set the pace in racing

n. someone who popularizes a new fashion

n. someone who helps to open up a new line of research or technology or art

n. a Boy Scout or Girl Scout

n. someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)

n. a person from whom you are descended

n. an ancestor in the direct line

n. Irish prelate who deduced from the Bible that Creation occurred in the year 4004 BC (1581-1656)

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