Harbinger
11harbinger — ► NOUN ▪ a person or thing that announces or signals the approach of something. ORIGIN originally denoting a person who provides or goes ahead to find lodging: from Old French herbergere, from an obsolete Low German dialect word meaning shelter… …
12Harbinger — A harbinger is a sign of things to come. Throughout history and literature, harbingers and omens figure prominently, and are responsible for major decisions which have altered the course of both.If legend were fact, Christianity and Western… …
13harbinger — /hahr bin jeuhr/, n. 1. a person who goes ahead and makes known the approach of another; herald. 2. anything that foreshadows a future event; omen; sign: Frost is a harbinger of winter. 3. a person sent in advance of troops, a royal train, etc.,… …
14harbinger — [[t]hɑ͟ː(r)bɪnʤə(r)[/t]] harbingers N COUNT: usu N of n Something that is a harbinger of something else is a sign that it is going to happen. [LITERARY] The November air stung my cheeks, a harbinger of winter. Syn: herald …
15harbinger — UK [ˈhɑː(r)bɪndʒə(r)] / US [ˈhɑrbɪndʒər] noun [countable] Word forms harbinger : singular harbinger plural harbingers literary a sign that something will happen soon, often something bad …
16harbinger — /ˈhabɪndʒə/ (say habinjuh) noun 1. someone who goes before and makes known the approach of another. 2. that which foreshadows a future event; an omen: *She then writes the three words that are the harbinger of the sinister days to come …… …
17harbinger — I. noun Etymology: Middle English herbergere, from Anglo French, host, from herberge camp, lodgings, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German heriberga Date: 14th century 1. archaic a person sent ahead to provide lodgings 2. a. one that… …
18harbinger — 1. noun /ˈhɑː(ɹ).bɪn.dʒə(ɹ),ˈhɑːɹbɪndʒɚ/ A person or thing that foreshadows or foretells the coming of someone or something. Syn: herald, omen, premonition, sign, signal, prophet 2. verb /ˈhɑː(ɹ).bɪn.d …
19harbinger — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. omen, sign, forerunner, precursor. See prediction. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. forerunner, herald, indication, sign, signal; see also messenger , signal . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD)… …
20harbinger — har|bin|ger [ˈha:bındʒə US ˈha:rbındʒər] n literary or formal [Date: 1100 1200; : Old French; Origin: herbergere host , from herberge place you stay at ] a sign that something is going to happen soon harbinger of ▪ These birds are considered to… …
