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predecessor(dictionary)
PREDECESSOR(law)

predecessor (iou)



predecessor noun. LME.
[Old & mod. French predecesseur from late Latin praedecessor, from Latin prae PRE- + decessor retiring officer, from decedere depart: see -OR.]
A former holder of a position or office with respect to a later holder. LME.
G. L. Craik Eadmer's immediate predecessor in the see of St. Andrews was Turgot. A. N. Wilson Nicholas II..travelled more than any of his predecessors.
b. A thing to which another has succeeded. M18.
D. A. Thomas The ship is..given a list of predecessors which have borne the same name.
An ancestor; a forefather. Now rare. LME.
A person who goes before as a leader or guide. LME-M17.
prede'cession noun (rare) the action or fact of being a predecessor M17.