forerunner

1. A runner at the front or ahead.

   Vornewegläufer, Frontläufer

2. By extension, a non-competitor who leads out the competitors on to the circuit, or who runs/rides the course prior to competitor trials, usually testing or checking the way.

3. A precursor or harbinger, a warning ahead.

   Vorbote, Vorzeichen, Vorläufer

   предше́ственникpredšéstvennik, предве́стникpredvéstnik

4. A forebear, an ancestor, a predecessor.

   Bakelite is a forerunner of today's plastics.

   Vorfahre, Vorgänger

   предтечаpredteča

5. A postage stamp used in the time before a region or area issues stamps of its own.

1. The crocus is a forerunner of spring.

   ruКрокус — предвестник весны.

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2. Alchemy was the forerunner of modern chemistry.

   ruАлхимия была предшественницей современной химии.

   deDie Alchimie war die Vorläuferin der modernen Chemie.

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3. Emma Goldman is considered a forerunner of anarchist feminism.

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4. This street is named after the Cheka, the forerunner of the KGB.

   ruЭта улица названа в честь ЧК, предшественницы КГБ.

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