Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

foreganger

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fore-ganger
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who or that which goes before; a forerunner; a harbinger; a predecessor.

Archaic

noun

A short rope grafted on a harpoon, to which a longer line may be attached.

Example Sentences

"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”).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Prefix: fore
Root: forganger, *foregangere

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

foregangers (plural)

Questions

What does foreganger mean?: One who or that which goes before; a forerunner; a harbinger; a predecessor.
Where does foreganger come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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