Herald

['her(ə)ld] or ['hɛrəld]

解釋/意思:

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

杰弗里校對--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) 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.

(n.) 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.

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

(n.) A forerunner; a a precursor; a harbinger.

(n.) Any messenger.

(v. t.) To introduce, or give tidings of, as by a herald; to proclaim; to announce; to foretell; to usher in.

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同義詞及近義詞：

n. [1]. Proclaimer, publisher, crier.[2]. Forerunner, precursor, harbinger.

v. a. Proclaim, announce, publish.

整理:华莱士

同義詞及反義詞：

[See HARBINGER]

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解釋/意思:

n. in ancient times an officer who made public proclamations and arranged ceremonies: in medieval times an officer who had charge of all the etiquette of chivalry keeping a register of the genealogies and armorial bearings of the nobles: an officer whose duty is to read proclamations to blazon the arms of the nobility &c.: a proclaimer: a forerunner: the red-breasted merganser usually Her′ald-duck.—v.t. to introduce as by a herald: to proclaim.—adj. Heral′dic of or relating to heralds or heraldry.—adv. Heral′dically.—ns. Her′aldry the art or office of a herald: the science of recording genealogies and blazoning coats of arms; Her′aldship.—Heralds' College (see College).

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