Словарь синонимов английского языка - forerunner

(n) 1. predecessor, precursor, foregoer; herald, harbinger, envoy; forebear, ancestor, forefather, progenitor: This dishwasher is better designed than its forerunners. The cuckoo is thought by many to be the forerunner of spring. 2. omen, portent, foretoken, premonition, sign, augury, token: A drop in the barometer is a forerunner of bad weather.