Definitions of herald [ˈhɛr əld]

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Definition of 'herald'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) herald
a royal or official messenger, esp. one representing a monarch in an ambassadorial capacity during wartime.

2.  herald
a person or thing that precedes or comes before; forerunner; harbinger:
the swallows, heralds of spring.

3.  herald
a person or thing that proclaims or announces.

4.  herald
(in the Middle Ages) an officer who arranged tournaments and other functions, announced challenges, marshaled combatants, etc.

5.  herald
an officer of a body concerned with armorial bearings, genealogies, etc., esp. an officer ranking between a king-of-arms and a pursuivant.

6. (v.t.) herald
to give tidings of; proclaim; publicize.

7.  herald
to signal the coming of; usher in.

Etymology: (1300–50; ME herau(l)d < OF herau(l)t < Frankish *heriwald=*heri army +*wald commander (see wield ))

Definition of 'herald'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) herald, trumpeter
(formal) a person who announces important news
"the chieftain had a herald who announced his arrival with a trumpet"

2. (verb) harbinger, forerunner, predecessor, herald, precursor
something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone

3. (verb) announce, annunciate, harbinger, foretell, herald
foreshadow or presage

4. (verb) acclaim, hail, herald
praise vociferously
"The critics hailed the young pianist as a new Rubinstein"

5. (verb) hail, herald
greet enthusiastically or joyfully

Definition of 'herald'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) herald
an officer whose business was to denounce or proclaim war, to challenge to battle, to proclaim peace, and to bear messages from the commander of an army. He was invested with a sacred and inviolable character

2. (noun) herald
in the Middle Ages, the officer charged with the above duties, and also with the care of genealogies, of the rights and privileges of noble families, and especially of armorial bearings. In modern times, some vestiges of this office remain, especially in England. See Heralds' College (below), and King-at-Arms

3. (noun) herald
a proclaimer; one who, or that which, publishes or announces; as, the herald of another's fame

4. (noun) herald
a forerunner; a a precursor; a harbinger

5. (noun) herald
any messenger

6. (verb) herald
to introduce, or give tidings of, as by a herald; to proclaim; to announce; to foretell; to usher in

Translation of 'herald'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: formerly, a person who carries and reads important messages and notices (eg from a king) The king sent out heralds to announce the new law.
Afrikaans: boodskapper, bode	Arabic: مُنادٍ، رسول	Bulgarian: вестител
Brazilian: arauto	Czech: herold	German: der Herold
Danish: sendebud	Greek: αγγελιοφόρος	Spanish: heraldo; anunciador
Estonian: sõnumitooja	Farsi: قاصد	Finnish: sanansaattaja
French: héraut, messager/-ère	Hebrew: שָלִיח	Hindi: मुनादी करने वाला
Croatian: glasnik, vjesnik	Hungarian: hírnök	Indonesian: utusan
Icelandic: kallari; sendiboði	Italian: araldo, messaggero	Japanese: 布告者
Korean: 전령	Lithuanian: heroldas,šauklys	Latvian: vēstnesis; ziņnesis
Malay: bentara	Dutch: heraut	Norwegian: herold, sendebud, budbrin
Polish: herold	Persian: قاصد	Pashto: قاصد،جارچی
Portuguese: arauto	Romanian: mesager	Russian: герольд
Slovak: posol	Slovenian: glasnik	Serbian: glasnik
Swedish: härold	Thai: ผู้ประกาศ	Turkish: haberci
Taiwanese: 傳令官	Ukrainian: герольд, вісник	Urdu: سرکاری قاصد
Vietnamese: sứ giả	Chinese: 传令官
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