voorloper.
forerunner, precursor, someone or something that prefigures or is an antecedent of something or someone else
Meaning & usage
forerunner, precursor, someone or something that prefigures or is an antecedent of something or someone else
De uitvinding van de telegraaf was een belangrijke voorloper van moderne communicatiemiddelen.
forerunner, someone who runs, or otherwise goes, in front
De atleet fungeert als de voorloper in de estafetterace.
Where this word comes from
From Middle Dutch vōrelôper. By surface analysis, voor + loper.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.