All 3 Uses of
predecessor
in
The Scarlet Letter
- Nothing, if I rightly call to mind, was left of my respected predecessor, save an imperfect skeleton, and some fragments of apparel, and a wig of majestic frizzle, which, unlike the head that it once adorned, was in very satisfactory preservation.†
p. 29.8predecessor = one who precedes another in time
- But I charge you, in this matter of old Mistress Prynne, give to your predecessor's memory the credit which will be rightfully due" And I said to the ghost of Mr. Surveyor Pue—"I will".†
p. 33.3 *
- Now it was that the lucubrations of my ancient predecessor, Mr. Surveyor Pue, came into play.†
p. 41.9
Definition:
one who precedes another in time -- such as the previous mayor relative to the current mayor