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antecessor

/an-tuh-ses-er/US // ˌæn təˈsɛs ər //

前辈,前任,前人,前任主席

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person who goes before; predecessor.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • No one of these five sokemen belonged to his antecessor Wigot; every one of them might sell his land.

  • We read a good deal of men who were sub-commended to the antecessor of Robert Malet.

  • But we may especially note the epithet by which the witches are said to have first appealed to the Devil—Antecessor.

  • The grantee stepped exactly into the place of the antecessor; he inherited all his rights and all his burthens.

  • He inherited therewith any disputes as to the extent of the lands of the antecessor or as to the nature of his tenure.