HERALD

harbinger, forerunner, predecessor, herald, precursor

(noun) something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone

herald, trumpeter

(noun) (formal) a person who announces important news; “the chieftain had a herald who announced his arrival with a trumpet”

acclaim, hail, herald

(verb) praise vociferously; “The critics hailed the young pianist as a new Rubinstein”

hail, herald

(verb) greet enthusiastically or joyfully

announce, annunciate, harbinger, foretell, herald

(verb) foreshadow or presage

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Proper noun

Herald (plural Heralds)

A surname.

A census-designated place in Sacramento County, California, United States.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Herald is the 7739^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4289 individuals. Herald is most common among White (90.58%) individuals.

Anagrams

• -hedral, Erdahl, Hadler, hardel, hareld, harled

Etymology 1

Noun

herald (plural heralds)

A messenger, especially one bringing important news.

A harbinger, giving signs of things to come.

(heraldry) An official whose speciality is heraldry, especially one between the ranks of pursuivant and king-of-arms.

(entomology) A moth of the species Scoliopteryx libatrix.

Synonyms

• (messenger): messenger

• (harbinger): harbinger

• (official whose speciality is heraldry): pursuivant

Verb

herald (third-person singular simple present heralds, present participle heralding, simple past and past participle heralded)

(transitive) To proclaim or announce an event.

(transitive, usually passive) To greet something with excitement; to hail.

Synonyms

• (announce): disclose, make known; See also announce

Etymology 2

Noun

herald (plural heralds)

Alternative form of hareld (“long-tailed duck”)

Anagrams

• -hedral, Erdahl, Hadler, hardel, hareld, harled

Source: Wiktionary

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Her"ald, n. Etym: [OE. herald, heraud, OF. heralt, heraut, herault, F. héraut, LL. heraldus, haraldus, fr. (assumed) OHG. heriwalto, hariwaldo, a (civil) officer who serves the army; hari, heri, army + waltan to manage, govern, G. walten; akin to E. wield. See Harry, Wield.]

1. (Antiq.)

Definition: An officer whose business was to denounce or proclaim war, to challenge to battle, to proclaim peace, and to bear messages from the commander of an army. He was invested with a sacred and inviolable character.

2. In the Middle Ages, the officer charged with the above duties, and also with the care of genealogies, of the rights and privileges of noble families, and especially of armorial bearings. In modern times, some vestiges of this office remain, especially in England. See Heralds' College (below), and King-at-Arms.

3. A proclaimer; one who, or that which, publishes or announces; as, the herald of another's fame. Shak.

4. A forerunner; a a precursor; a harbinger. It was the lark, the herald of the morn. Shak.

5. Any messenger. "My herald is returned." Shak. Heralds' College, in England, an ancient corporation, dependent upon the crown, instituted or perhaps recognized by Richard III. in 1483, consisting of the three Kings-at-Arms and the Chester, Lancaster, Richmond, Somerset, Windsor, and York Heralds, together with the Earl Marshal. This retains from the Middle Ages the charge of the armorial bearings of persons privileged to bear them, as well as of genealogies and kindred subjects; -- called also College of Arms.

Her"ald, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Heralded; p. pr. & vb. n. Heralding.] Etym: [Cf. OF. herauder, heraulder.]

Definition: To introduce, or give tidings of, as by a herald; to proclaim; to announce; to foretell; to usher in. Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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