antecursor

== English == === Etymology === From Latin antecursor, from ante (“before, in front”) + cursor (“runner”). === Noun === antecursor (plural antecursors) (obsolete) A forerunner; a precursor. === References === “antecursor”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === raconteurs, Ur-ancestor, ur-ancestor, currantoes, cuarterons == 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, 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.