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| pred·e·ces·sor [ préddə sèssər, prdə sèssər ] (plural pred·e·ces·sors) |
noun |
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1. previous holder of job: somebody who held a position or job before somebody else
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2. something replaced by something else: a thing previously in use or existence that has been replaced or succeeded by another
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3.
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archaic
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Same as ancestor
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| [14th century. Via French< late Latin praedecessor "somebody who has departed before" < Latin decedere "depart"] |
