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precessor

precessor noun: a predecessor; one who came before.

Noun

precessor (plural precessors)

  1. (obsolete) A predecessor; one who came before.
    • August 30 1651, Bishop Joseph Hall, letter to Thomas Fuller
      Your much devoted friend, precessor, and fellow-labourer, JOS. HALL, B. N. HIGHAM

Forms of precessor

pluralprecessors

Origin of precessor

Latin praecessor.

Questions about precessor

What does precessor mean?
Precessor means a predecessor; one who came before.
What part of speech is precessor?
Precessor is a noun.
What is the plural of precessor?
The plural of precessor is precessors.

Words near precessor in the dictionary

  1. precession of the equinoxes
  2. precessional
  3. precessionally
  4. precessions
  5. precessions of the equinoxes
  6. precessor
  7. precessors
  8. prechaetal
  9. prechallenge
  10. prechamber
  11. prechambers

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