Harbinger
['hɑːbɪndʒə] or ['hɑrbɪndʒɚ]
Definition
(noun.) something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone.
Typist: Oliver--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) One who provides lodgings; especially, the officer of the English royal household who formerly preceded the court when traveling, to provide and prepare lodgings.
(n.) A forerunner; a precursor; a messenger.
(v. t.) To usher in; to be a harbinger of.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Forerunner, precursor, herald.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Announcer, herald, precursor, forerunner
ANT:Reporter, narrator, relator, historian, follower, attendant
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Definition
n. a forerunner pioneer originally one who goes forward to provide lodging.—v.t. to precede as a harbinger.
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Examples
- I will consider that in meeting her to-night I have met with one of those birds whose appearance is to the sailor the harbinger of good luck. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Should not such a mood, so sweet, so tranquil, so unwonted, have been the harbinger of good? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- A poor harbinger of good luck is she who can do nothing, who has no power. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
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