Harbinger

Quick meaning: Harbinger is a noun meaning A person or thing that foreshadows or foretells the coming of someone or something.

Meaning

A person or thing that foreshadows or foretells the coming of someone or something.

More Meanings

1. (transitive) To announce or precede; to be a harbinger of.
2. (obsolete) One who provides lodgings; especially, the officer of the English royal household who formerly preceded the court when travelling, to provide and prepare lodgings.

Example Sentences

I knew by these harbingers who were coming.

harbinger of danger; harbinger of doom; harbinger of spring

outward decency […] is the Harbinger to provide the lodging for inward holinesse

Make all our Trumpets ſpeak, giue thẽ all breath / Thoſe clamorous Harbingers of Blood, & Death

Word Forms

• harbingers
• harbingering
• harbingered

Synonyms for harbinger

Depending on context, synonyms include forewarning, herald, omen, premonition, sign, signal.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include foretell, precursor, annunciate, announce, herald, forerunner.

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