предтеча — meaning in English
predtecha
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English meaning
- forerunner noun A person who runs at the head of a group, ahead of the others.
- progenitor noun A direct ancestor of a person, such as a parent or grandparent.
Senses
предтеча is used for these senses in English:
- forerunner A forebear, an ancestor, a predecessor.
- progenitor (figuratively) A predecessor of something, especially if also a precursor or model.
forerunner — full definition
- noun A person who runs at the head of a group, ahead of the others.
- noun Someone who is not taking part in a race but goes round the course first, to lead the way or check it is ready.
- noun Something that comes before an event and hints at what is about to happen.
- noun An earlier member of a family or group who came before the current ones.
progenitor — full definition
- noun A direct ancestor of a person, such as a parent or grandparent.
- noun The original person that a family, tribe or nation traces its line back to.
- noun An ancestral form of a species.
- noun An earlier form or version that something else later developed from.
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