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Foregoer   Listen
noun
Foregoer  n.  
1.
One who goes before another; a predecessor; hence, an ancestor; a progenitor.
2.
A purveyor of the king; so called, formerly, from going before to provide for his household. (Obs.)





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"Foregoer" Quotes from Famous Books



... dim-struggling thought that dwelt in his own and many hearts. This is his way of doing that; these are his footsteps, the beginning of a 'Path.' And now see: the second man travels naturally in the footsteps of his foregoer, it is the easiest method. In the footsteps of his foregoer; yet with improvements, with changes where such seem good; at all events with enlargements, the Path ever widening itself as more travel ...
— Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History • Thomas Carlyle


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