predecessor

predecessor
/pred"euh ses'euhr, pred'euh ses"euhr/ or, esp. Brit., /pree"deuh ses'euhr/, n.
1. a person who precedes another in an office, position, etc.
2. something succeeded or replaced by something else: The new monument in the park is more beautiful than its predecessor.
3. Archaic. an ancestor; forefather.
[1250-1300; ME predecessour < AF < LL praedecessor, equiv. to L prae- PRE- + decessor retiring official, itself equiv. to deced-, var. s. of decedere to withdraw (de- DE- + cedere to yield; see CEDE) + -tor -TOR, with dt > ss]

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  • predecessor — I noun ancestor, antecedent, antecessor, elder, forebearer, forefather, foregoer, foreparent, forerunner, former incumbent, former officeholder, founder, originator, patriarch, precursor, procreator, progenitor II index ancestor, ascendant,… …   Law dictionary

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  • predecessor — [pred′ə ses΄ər, prē′dəses′ər; pred΄ə ses′ər] n. [ME predecessour < MFr predecesseur < LL praedecessor < L prae , before (see PRE ) + decessor, retiring officer < decessus, pp. of decedere, to go away, depart < de , from + cedere,… …   English World dictionary

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