Associations to the word «Predecessor»

Wiktionary

PREDECESSOR, noun. One who precedes; one who has preceded another in any state, position, office, etc.; one whom another follows or comes after, in any office or position.
PREDECESSOR, noun. A model or type of machinery or device which precedes the current one. Usually used to describe an earlier, outdated model.
PREDECESSOR, noun. (mathematics) A vertex having a directed path to another vertex

Dictionary definition

PREDECESSOR, noun. One who precedes you in time (as in holding a position or office).
PREDECESSOR, noun. Something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone.

Wise words

In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.
Martin Luther King, Jr.