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  • noun historical a skirmisher cavalry unit used in an Ancient Greek army for scouting ahead of the main force

Etymologies

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From Ancient Greek πρόδρομος (pródromos, "forerunner")

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Examples

  • 19, 20, "Let us look to ` that within the vail, whither Jesus the forerunner is for us entered, '" -- prodromos huper hemon eiselthen.

    The Sermons of John Owen 1616-1683 1968

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