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Foreganger

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    One who or that which goes before; a forerunner; a harbinger; a predecessor. archaic, rare
  2. 2
    A short rope grafted on a harpoon, to which a longer line may be attached.

    "The foreganger is most commonly formed of white or untarred rope , which is stronger and more flexible than tarred rope , consequently more easily extended when the harpoon is thrown"

Etymology

From Middle English forganger, forgangere, from Old English *foregangere, from foregangan (“to go before, precede, go in front of, project, excel”), equivalent to fore- + ganger. Cognate with Scots foregangare (“a foregoer”), Dutch voorganger (“a predecessor, progenitor”), German Vorgänger (“a predecessor, precursor”), Swedish föregångare (“a forerunner, precursor, progenitor”).

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