antecursor

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

antĕcursor: ōris, m. antecurro,
I 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.