foreganger

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词形变化

foregangers 复数 foregangers

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    One who or that which goes before; a forerunner; a harbinger; a predecessor.

    古体 罕用
  2. 2.

    A short rope grafted on a harpoon, to which a longer line may be attached.

    航海 交通

词源

From Middle English forganger, forgangere, from Old English *foregangere, from foregangan (“to go before, precede, go in front of, project, excel”), equivalent to fore- + ganger. Cognate with Scots foregangare (“a foregoer”), Dutch voorganger (“a predecessor, progenitor”), German Vorgänger (“a predecessor, precursor”), Swedish föregångare (“a forerunner, precursor, progenitor”).

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