English-Dutch translations for predecessor

• voorganger
  Uw voorganger De Silguy wilde daar eenvoudigweg niet van horen. Your predecessor, Mr De Silguy, simply refused to listen.
  Uw voorganger is momenteel staatshoofd van Litouwen. Your predecessor is, today, the Head of State in Lithuania.
  Van zijn Finse voorganger kan Portugal leren hoe het niet moet. Portugal should not take a leaf out its predecessor' s book.

Definition of predecessor

• 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 vertex having a directed path to another vertex

Examples

• The steam engine was the predecessor of diesel and electric locomotives.

Related words

• predecease
• predeceased
• predecessoress