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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
One who comes before (i.e. prior to or ahead of); a predecessor, antecedent, or ancestor..
A grandiloquent proclamation was posted in the town: "To you Prussians, we, the representatives of Russia, turn as the forecomers of united Slavdom," etc., etc., but in reality spirits were low, and soon news was received of the defeat of the 1st Russian Corps at Usdau.
Again, I wish to congratulate you for the creditable work done by the Assembly, which is but the forecomer of others that we shall hold at Baguio in the future similar to the conventions which Government teachers and engineers attend every year in that beautiful highland city.
He is also depicted as a synthesis of his two forecomers and the one who has the power of Law and Love (a clear reference to Muhammad as the seal of prophecy).
Robert and Deborah Lawlor were founding members or forecomers, as they are sometimes called — of Auroville.
Use forecomer when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Forecomer means One who comes before (i.e. prior to or ahead of); a predecessor, antecedent, or ancestor..
Common synonyms include harbinger, herald.
Possible antonyms include aftercomer.
A grandiloquent proclamation was posted in the town: "To you Prussians, we, the representatives of Russia, turn as the forecomers of united Slavdom," etc., etc., but in reality spirits were low, and soon news was received of the defeat of the 1st Russian Corps at Usdau.
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