Harbinger

harbinger
    n 1: something that precedes and indicates the approach of
         something or someone [syn: {harbinger}, {forerunner},
         {predecessor}, {herald}, {precursor}]
    v 1: foreshadow or presage [syn: {announce}, {annunciate},
         {harbinger}, {foretell}, {herald}]
    

Harbinger \Har"bin*ger\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Harbingered}
   (h[add]r"b[i^]n*j[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Harbingering}.]
   To usher in; to be a harbinger of. "Thus did the star of
   religious freedom harbinger the day." --Bancroft.
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Harbinger \Har"bin*ger\ (h[add]r"b[i^]n*j[~e]r), n. [OE.
   herbergeour, OF. herbergeor one who provides lodging, fr.
   herbergier to provide lodging, F. h['e]berger, OF. herberge
   lodging, inn, F. auberge; of German origin. See {Harbor}.]
   1. One who provides lodgings; especially, the officer of the
      English royal household who formerly preceded the court
      when traveling, to provide and prepare lodgings. --Fuller.
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   2. A forerunner; a precursor; a messenger.
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            I knew by these harbingers who were coming.
                                                  --Landor.
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  Zip code(s): 27941
    

58 Moby Thesaurus words for "harbinger":
      Gabriel, ancestor, announce, announcer, antecedent, augury,
      avant-garde, bellwether, buccinator, buccinator novi temporis,
      bushwhacker, evangel, evangelist, explorer, forebear, foregoer,
      forerun, forerunner, foreshadower, foreshow, foretoken,
      front runner, frontiersman, fugleman, give notice, groundbreaker,
      guide, herald, herald angel, innovator, lead runner, leader,
      messenger, notify, omen, outrider, pathfinder, pioneer, point,
      portent, preannounce, precedent, precursor, predecessor,
      preindicate, premonitor, presage, presager, proclaim, run before,
      scout, sign, stormy petrel, trailblazer, trailbreaker, vanguard,
      vaunt-courier, voortrekker