foreganger
Plural: foregangers
Noun
- One who or that which goes before; a forerunner; a harbinger; a predecessor.
- A short rope grafted on a harpoon, to which a longer line may be attached.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English forganger, forgangere, from Old English *foregangere, from foregangan (“to go before, precede, go in front of, project, excel”), equivalent to fore- + ganger. Cognate with Scots foregangare (“a foregoer”), Dutch voorganger (“a predecessor, progenitor”), German Vorgänger (“a predecessor, precursor”), Swedish föregångare (“a forerunner, precursor, progenitor”).
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