Forerunners
[fɔ:rʌnəz]
Examples
- These curious and interesting structures, which may be considered the forerunners of the gigantic iron Tubular Bridges of the present day, were burnt by the French in 1799. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- We incline to account for it by attributing congenital stupidity to our forerunners and by assuming superior native intelligence on our own part. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Earliest Implements and Processes Forerunners of Modern Inventions. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
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