different between forerunner vs procreator

English

Etymology

From Middle English forrenner, foreriner. Calque of Latin praecursor (“one who runs before, a forerunner”). Equivalent to fore- +? runner and/or forerun +? -er.

Noun

forerunner (plural forerunners)

1. A runner at the front or ahead.
2. (sports) By extension, a non-competitor who leads out the competitors on to the circuit, or who runs/rides the course prior to competitor trials, usually testing or checking the way.
3. A precursor or harbinger, a warning ahead.
4. A forebear, an ancestor, a predecessor.

   Bakelite is a forerunner of today's plastics.

5. (philately) A postage stamp used in the time before a region or area issues stamps of its own.

Translations

References

• Middle English Dictionary

English

Noun

procreator (plural procreators)

1. One who procreates; a father or mother.
2. (figuratively) One who originates or creates something.

Translations

Latin

Verb

pr?cre?tor

1. second-person singular future passive imperative of pr?cre?
2. third-person singular future passive imperative of pr?cre?

References

• procreator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• procreator in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• procreator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.