precursor
US /ˌpriːˈkɝː.sɚ/
UK /ˌpriːˈkɝː.sɚ/
1.
précurseur
a person or thing that comes before another of the same kind; a forerunner.
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a three-stringed precursor of the violin
précurseur
a person or thing that comes before another of the same kind; a forerunner.