pred・e・ces・sor /prss, ｜ prdss^（ｒ, / n. 1 前任者, 先輩 (senior) (successor). ・one's predecessors in office 前任者. ・one's immediate predecessor 直接の前任者. 2 前のもの, 取って代わられたもの. ・My present car is far superior to its predecessors. 今の車はこれまでのどれよりもずっと上等だ. 3 先祖 (ancestor). ・be buried with one's predecessors 先祖と共に葬られる. 《a1387》 predecessour (O)F prdcesseur LL praedcessor ← prae- 'PRE-'＋dcessor retiring official (← dcdere to go away ← DE-^１＋cdere to go (⇒cede)): ⇒-or^２