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English
Etymology
Latin antecursor, from ante (“before, in front”) + cursor (“runner”)
Noun
antecursor (plural antecursors)
- (obsolete) A forerunner; a precursor.
References
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
ante- (“before”) + currō (“run”) + -tor (agentive suffix)
Noun
antecursor m (genitive antecursōris); third declension
- forerunner, scout, vanguard
Declension
Third-declension noun.
References
- “antecursor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “antecursor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- antecursor in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- antecursor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.