former predecessors
immediate predecessors
political predecessors
technological predecessors
A: Who was the previous head of this department?
A：这个部门的前任负责人是谁？
B: Several predecessors held the position before him.
B：在他之前，有几位前任担任过这个职位。
1) 在职位、职务或地位上领先于当前人的前任。
2) 在时间、发展或演变过程中先于某事物的先行者。
3) 指某项技术、产品或观念的早期版本或前身。
1. 前任；先行者；前身
noun
1. People who held a job or position before the current person.
2. Things that existed or happened before something else.
Synonym: forerunners, ancestors, antecedents