voorloper

== Dutch == === Alternative forms === voorlooper (archaic) === Etymology === From Middle Dutch vōrelôper. By surface analysis, voor +‎ loper. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈvoːrˌloː.pər/ Hyphenation: voor‧lo‧per === Noun === voorloper m (plural voorlopers, diminutive voorlopertje n) forerunner, precursor, someone or something that prefigures or is an antecedent of something or someone else forerunner, someone who runs, or otherwise goes, in front ==== Descendants ==== Negerhollands: voorlooper Petjo: pelopper, peloppor, plopper, ploppor → Indonesian: pelopor→ Dutch: plopper → Malay: pelopor