fore-runner Copy link Outline 1. praenuntius, f. -a2. antĕcursor (strictly a pioneer • fore-runner: 1. praenuntius, f. -a: v. harbinger. 2. antĕcursor (strictly a pioneer: used fig. in eccl. writers): the f. of Christ, i. e. John the Baptist, a. Christi, Tert.: flowers the f.s of fruit, flores frugum a., Tert.