ANTECURSOR

ANTECURS'OR, noun [Latin ante, before, and cursor, a runner, from curro, to run. See Course.]One who runs before; a forerunner. In the Roman armies, the antecursors were a body of horse detached to obtain intelligence, get provisions, etc., for the main body.

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An′te‐cur″sor (�), n. [[L., fr. antecurrere to run before; ante + currere to run.]] A forerunner; a precursor.