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Definition of Harbinger
1. Verb. Foreshadow or presage.
Generic synonyms: Tell
Derivative terms: Annunciator, Herald
2. Noun. Something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone.
Generic synonyms: Indicant, Indication
Derivative terms: Herald
Definition of Harbinger
1. 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.
2. v. t. To usher in; to be a harbinger of.
Definition of Harbinger
1. Noun. A person or thing that foreshadows or foretells the coming of someone or something. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) To announce; to be a harbinger of. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Harbinger
1. [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Harbinger
Literary usage of Harbinger
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Select Glossary of English Words Used Formerly in Senses Different from by Richard Chenevix Trench (1865)
"Our Lord, if we may reverently say it, assumed to Himself precisely the office
of a ' harbinger,' when He said, ' I go to prepare a place for you ' (John ..."
2. Brook Farm: Its Members, Scholars, and Visitors by Lindsay Swift (1900)
"The Dial and the harbinger had few points of resemblance, but they belonged to
... The harbinger devoted itself to the cause of Association and Fourierism, ..."
3. The Church History of Britain, from the Birth of Jesus Christ Until the Year by Thomas Fuller, James Nichols (1842)
"He was the best harbinger that ever king Henry had, not only taking up beforehand,
but building up, beautiful houses for his entertainments ; which, ..."
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