forerunner

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Mr Taylor was the the journalist and cotton merchant who founded the newspaper's forerunner, The Manchester Guardian in 1821.

From BBC

A forerunner testing the course then crashed on his run.

From Seattle Times

The committee ended up buying the piece anyway, and the museum has since become a forerunner in acquiring queer artwork.

From New York Times

Taylor also had worked in the Kennedy administration, serving as special counsel to and executive vice chairman of the newly formed President’s Committee on Equal Employment Opportunities, forerunner of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

From Washington Post

Remember, even though “Beavis and Butt-Head” and “The Simpsons” were definitely the forerunners to everything that we did, that also narrowed what people thought would work.

From Los Angeles Times