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predecessor

pred·e·ces·sor [ préddə sèssər, prdə sèssər ] (plural pred·e·ces·sors)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. previous holder of job: somebody who held a position or job before somebody else

2. something replaced by something else: a thing previously in use or existence that has been replaced or succeeded by another

3.  ( archaic )
Same as  ancestor


[14th century. Via French< late Latin praedecessor "somebody who has departed before" < Latin decedere "depart"]
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