foregoer
Example Sentences
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And now see: the second man travels naturally in the footsteps of his foregoer, it is the easiest method.
From Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History by Thomas Carlyle
Said Walter: “Didst thou find thy foregoer alive here?”
From Wood Beyond the World by William Morris
If there is no track in the snow a man goes in front on snow-shoes, and the leading dog, or "foregoer," as he is called, trots close behind him.
From The Great Lone Land A Narrative of Travel and Adventure in the North-West of America by William Francis Butler
And now see the second man travels naturally in the footsteps of his foregoer; it is the easiest method.
From Our Deportment Or the Manners, Conduct and Dress of the Most Refined Society by John H. Young
His Roman foregoer, who would certainly never have gone for his dinner to Clare Market, relished good dishes, even if he could not cook them.
From Old Cookery Books and Ancient Cuisine by William Carew Hazlitt
