forecomer

English

Etymology

From fore- +‎ comer. Alternatively, equivalent to forecome +‎ -er.

Noun

forecomer (plural forecomers)

  1. One who comes before (i.e. prior to or ahead of); a predecessor, antecedent, or ancestor.
    Synonyms: harbinger, herald
    • 1921, Sir Alfred William Fortescue Knox, With the Russian Army, 1914-1917, volume 1, page 84:
      A grandiloquent proclamation was posted in the town: "To you Prussians, we, the representatives of Russia, turn as the forecomers of united Slavdom," etc., etc., but in reality spirits were low, and soon news was received of the defeat of the 1st Russian Corps at Usdau.
    • 1923, Bulletin, volume 3, page 428:
      Again, I wish to congratulate you for the creditable work done by the Assembly, which is but the forecomer of others that we shall hold at Baguio in the future similar to the conventions which Government teachers and engineers attend every year in that beautiful highland city.
    • 2014, Coeli Fitzpatrick Ph.D., ‎Adam Hani Walker, Muhammad in History, Thought, and Culture:
      He is also depicted as a synthesis of his two forecomers and the one who has the power of Law and Love (a clear reference to Muhammad as the seal of prophecy).
    • 2021, Evelyn Juers, The Dancer: A Biography for Philippa Cullen:
      Robert and Deborah Lawlor were founding members or forecomers, as they are sometimes called — of Auroville.

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