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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "precursor, harbinger",
"word": "prédécesseur avant coureur"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "precursor, harbinger",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "precursor"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "precursor, harbinger",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "precursora"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "precursor, harbinger",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Vorbote"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "precursor, harbinger",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Vorzeichen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "precursor, harbinger",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Vorläufer"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "precursor, harbinger",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Wegbereiter"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "precursor, harbinger",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Vorreiter"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "pródromos",
"sense": "precursor, harbinger",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "πρόδρομος"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "propompós",
"sense": "precursor, harbinger",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "προπομπός"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "pródromos",
"sense": "precursor, harbinger",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "πρόδρομος"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "precursor, harbinger",
"word": "előjel"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "precursor, harbinger",
"word": "előhírnök"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "precursor, harbinger",
"word": "előrejelző"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "precursor, harbinger",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "praecursor"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "precursor, harbinger",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "prekursor"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "precursor, harbinger",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "poprzednik"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "precursor, harbinger",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "precursor"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "predšéstvennik",
"sense": "precursor, harbinger",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "предше́ственник"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "predvéstnik",
"sense": "precursor, harbinger",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "предве́стник"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "precursor, harbinger",
"word": "precursor"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "precursor, harbinger",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "föregångare"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "precursor, harbinger",
"word": "tagapagpauna"
},
{
"code": "zu",
"lang": "Zulu",
"sense": "precursor, harbinger",
"tags": [
"class-10",
"class-9"
],
"word": "imvula"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "forebear, ancestor, predecessor",
"word": "edeltäjä"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "forebear, ancestor, predecessor",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Vorfahre"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "forebear, ancestor, predecessor",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Vorgänger"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "forebear, ancestor, predecessor",
"word": "előfutár"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "forebear, ancestor, predecessor",
"word": "előd"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "forebear, ancestor, predecessor",
"word": "ős"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "forebear, ancestor, predecessor",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "föregångare"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"forerunner"
],
"word": "forerunner"
}
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