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| ancestor |
a predecessor or forerunner. [1/4 definitions] |
| clavichord |
an early soft-toned keyboard instrument, recognized as the forerunner of the piano, with strings that are struck by metal wedges attached to the end of each key. |
| harbinger |
someone or something that signals or foreshadows a later arrival or occurrence; herald; forerunner. [1/2 definitions] |
| Indo-Hittite |
a language family that includes, and is considered to be a forerunner of, Indo-European and Anatolian. |
| shawm |
an early double-reed wind instrument, recognized as the forerunner of the oboe. |
| wire recorder |
a device, a forerunner of the tape recorder, that records and plays back sound on magnetized steel wire. |
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