a predecessor; someone who goes or has gone before
antecessor in American English
(ˈæntəˌsɛsər)
noun
Rare
a predecessor
Word origin
ME antecessour < L antecessor < pp. of antecedere, antecede
Examples of 'antecessor' in a sentence
antecessor
Cyanobacteria form a diverse group of oxygenic photosynthetic prokaryotes considered to be the antecessor of plant chloroplast.
Luis López-Maury, Luis G. Heredia-Martínez, Francisco J. Florencio 2018, 'Characterization of TrxC, an Atypical Thioredoxin Exclusively Present in Cyanobacteria',Antioxidantshttps://www.mdpi.com/2076-3921/7/11/164. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)