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Foreloper
UK
/fɔːˈrɛləpə/
US
/fɔrˈloʊpər/
Translation of "foreloper" into Russian
foreloper
Noun
UK
/fɔːˈrɛləpə/
US
/fɔrˈloʊpər/
foreloper
forelopers pl
The telegraph was a foreloper of modern communication technology.
Телеграф был предшественником современной коммуникационной технологии.
Definitions
foreloper
Noun
UK
/fɔːˈrɛləpə/
US
/fɔrˈloʊpər/
A person or thing that precedes the development or arrival of something else; a precursor or forerunner.
The invention of the telegraph was a foreloper of modern communication technologies.
(historical, chiefly South African) A person, often a young boy, who runs ahead of a team of oxen to guide and control them.
The foreloper trotted in front of the wagon, shouting commands to the oxen.