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Vorreiter — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • avant garde adjective Strikingly new and experimental, especially in art, music, fashion or film, and ahead of what most people are used to.
  • forerunner noun A runner at the front or ahead.
  • precursor noun Something or someone that comes before and leads to, or signals, what follows.
  • trailblazer noun A person who is the first to do something important, opening the way for others to follow.

Senses

Vorreiter is used for these senses in English:

  • avant-garde Any group of people who invent or promote new techniques or concepts, especially in the arts.
  • forerunner A precursor or harbinger, a warning ahead.
  • precursor That which precurses: a forerunner, predecessor, or indicator of approaching events.
  • trailblazer One who blazes a trail to guide others; a pathfinder.

avant garde — full definition

  1. adjective Strikingly new and experimental, especially in art, music, fashion or film, and ahead of what most people are used to.
  2. noun The artists, writers or thinkers whose work breaks with established forms and points the way for others.

forerunner — full definition

  1. noun A runner at the front or ahead.
  2. noun By extension, a non-competitor who leads out the competitors on to the circuit, or who runs/rides the course prior to competitor trials, usually testing or checking the way.
  3. noun A precursor or harbinger, a warning ahead.
  4. noun A forebear, an ancestor, a predecessor.

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