Foreganger Definition
(archaic, rare) One who or that which goes before; a forerunner; a harbinger; a predecessor.
Other Word Forms of Foreganger
Noun
Origin of Foreganger
-
From Middle English foreganger, 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”).
From Wiktionary
Find Similar Words
Find similar words to foreganger using the buttons below.