Bible Dictionaries
Forerunner

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) A predecessor; an ancestor.

(2):

(n.) A messenger sent before to give notice of the approach of others; a harbinger; a sign foreshowing something; a prognostic; as, the forerunner of a fever.

(3):

(n.) A piece of rag terminating the log line.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Forerunner'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​f/forerunner.html. 1828.