1. One who precedes you in time (as in holding a position or office) 
2. Something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone
   - harbinger, forerunner, herald, precursor

Derived forms: predecessors

See also: precede

Type of: forerunner, indicant, indication, precursor

Encyclopedia: Predecessor

• prickleback
• prickliness
• prickling
• prickly
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• prickly custard apple
• prickly heat
• prickly lettuce
• prickly pear
• prickly pear cactus
• prickly pine
• prickly poppy
• prickly shield fern
• prickly-edged leaf
• prickly-leafed
• prickly-leaved
• prickly-seeded spinach
• prickteaser
• pricy
• pride
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• pride of Bolivia
• pride of California
• pride of place
• pride oneself