antĕcursor, ōris, m. [antecurro], he that runs before; hence,
I In milit. lang.: antecursores, the forerunners of the army , the advanced guard , precursors , pioneers , Caes. B. G. 5, 47; id. B. C. 1, 16; 3, 36; so Vulg. Sap. 12, 8.—
II In Tert. John the Baptist is so named, as the forerunner of Christ, Tert. adv. Marc. 4, 33.