KJV Dictionary Definition: forerunner
forerunner
FORERUN'NER, n.
1. A messenger sent before to give notice of the approach of others; a harbinger.
My elder brothers, my forerunners came.
2. An ancestor or predecessor. Obs.
3. A prognostic; a sign foreshowing something to follow. Certain pains in the head, back and limbs are the forerunners of a fever.