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forerunner meaning in Malayalam

പൂർവ്വഗാമി

/ˈfɔɹˌɹʌnɚ/

forerunner in Malayalam: പൂർവ്വഗാമി, പുരോഗാമി, മുൻഗാമി, പൂർവ്വജൻ. In English, forerunner means a runner at the front or ahead.

Malayalam words for forerunner

precursor, predecessor, antecedent
പൂർവ്വഗാമി, പുരോഗാമി, മുൻഗാമി, പൂർവ്വജൻ, പതാകവാഹകൻ, ധ്വജവാൻ
herald, prelude, harbinger
മുൻകുറി, മുന്നടയാളം, സൂചന, മുന്നോടി, ആമുഖം, പ്രവേശകം

English meaning of forerunner

  1. noun A runner at the front or ahead.
  2. noun 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. noun A precursor or harbinger, a warning ahead.
  4. noun A forebear, an ancestor, a predecessor.

Full definition of forerunner

forerunner in a sentence

  • Bakelite is a forerunner of today's plastics.

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Questions about forerunner in Malayalam

What is the meaning of forerunner in Malayalam?
Forerunner in Malayalam is പൂർവ്വഗാമി, പുരോഗാമി, മുൻഗാമി, പൂർവ്വജൻ.
forerunner എന്നതിന്റെ മലയാളം അർത്ഥം എന്താണ്?
Forerunner: പൂർവ്വഗാമി, പുരോഗാമി, മുൻഗാമി, പൂർവ്വജൻ.
What does forerunner mean in English?
Forerunner means a runner at the front or ahead.

Source and license

Malayalam words from the E.K. Kurup corpus on Olam: forerunner (dataset and license). English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: forerunner (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Malayalam words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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