predecessor
/ˈpɹɛd.ə.sɛs.ɚ/ noun C1- 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.
- A model or type of machinery or device which precedes the current (or later) one. Usually used to describe an earlier, outdated model. · The steam engine was the predecessor of diesel and electric locomotives.
- A vertex having a directed path to another vertex
Plural predecessors
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Of the double moats which had guarded its more warlike predecessor, the outer had been allowed to dry up, and served the humble function of a kitchen garden.
and his predecessors; and he saw that the complement was not half empty.
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