voorloper — meaning in English
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English meaning
- ancestor noun A person from whom one is descended, further back than a grandparent; a forebear.
- precursor noun Something or someone that comes before and leads to, or signals, what follows.
- progenitor noun A forefather, any of a person's direct ancestors.
Senses
voorloper is used for these senses in English:
- ancestor An earlier type; a progenitor
- precursor That which precurses: a forerunner, predecessor, or indicator of approaching events.
- progenitor (figuratively) A predecessor of something, especially if also a precursor or model.
ancestor — full definition
- noun A person from whom one is descended, further back than a grandparent; a forebear.
- noun An earlier version or form of something that later developed into its modern form.