What does HARBINGER mean?
Definitions for HARBINGER
ˈhɑr bɪn dʒərhar·bin·ger
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Princeton's WordNet
harbinger, forerunner, predecessor, herald, precursorverb
something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone
announce, annunciate, harbinger, foretell, heraldverb
foreshadow or presage
Wiktionary
harbingernoun
A person or thing that foreshadows or foretells the coming of someone or something.
harbingerverb
To announce; to be a harbinger of.
Etymology: Originally, a person that is sent in advance to provide lodgings. From herbergeour, from herbergeor (> French héberger), from *, from harjaz + bergô. Compare German Herberge, Italian albergo, Dutch herberg, English harbour. More at here, borrow.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Harbingernoun
A forerunner; a precursor.
Etymology: herberger, Dutch, one who goes to provide lodgings or an harbour for those that follow.
Make all our trumpets speak, give them all breath,
Those clam’rous harbingers of blood and death. William Shakespeare, Macb.I’ll be myself the harbinger, and make joyful
The hearing of my wife with your approach. William Shakespeare, Macb.Sin, and her shadow death, and misery,
Death’s harbinger. John Milton, Par. Lost, b. ix. l. 13.And now of love they treat, ’till th’ evening star,
Love’s harbinger, appear’d. John Milton, Par. Lost, b. xi.Before him a great prophet, to proclaim
His coming, is sent harbinger, who all
Invites. John Milton, Paradise Regain’d, b. i.As Ormond’s harbinger to you they run;
For Venus is the promise of the Sun. Dryden.
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A harbinger is a person or thing that announces or signals the approach of another. It can also refer to something which shows that something is going to happen soon, often something bad or unpleasant.
Webster Dictionary
Harbingernoun
one who provides lodgings; especially, the officer of the English royal household who formerly preceded the court when traveling, to provide and prepare lodgings
Harbingernoun
a forerunner; a precursor; a messenger
Harbingerverb
to usher in; to be a harbinger of
Etymology: [OE. herbergeour, OF. herbergeor one who provides lodging, fr. herbergier to provide lodging, F. hberger, OF. herberge lodging, inn, F. auberge; of German origin. See Harbor.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Harbinger
här′bin-jėr, n. a forerunner, pioneer, originally one who goes forward to provide lodging.—v.t. to precede, as a harbinger. [M. E. herbergeour. See Harbour.]
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of HARBINGER in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of HARBINGER in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of HARBINGER in a Sentence
Because the Biden administration is eight days away, the odds that this FDA rule is on the books that much longer seems pretty slim, the much bigger import of tonight's ruling is the harbinger it seems to provide of how the new conservative majority is going to approach abortion cases.
Look at' Avengers : Endgame,' that opened in April,' Black Panther' was last February and' Star Wars' is now usually in December, a slow Memorial weekend is no longer a harbinger of a terrible summer. It's just another long weekend on the calendar.
This shows that the Supreme Court continues to apply close scrutiny to the death penalty. I think it's really a harbinger of the day coming when the Supreme Court is going to strike it down.
The colors this year are coming about two weeks earlier than normal and will probably go by fast and furiously, largely, this is because the drought creates stress for the trees -- physiological stress. So from that standpoint, while the drought may enhance some of the colors, the stress is not a good thing and may be a harbinger of things to come with climate change.
There are a lot of studies [from other variants] that show the maximum transmissibility is in those first five days, and [with omicron] we are about to face hundreds of thousands more cases a day, and it was becoming very, very clear from the health care system that we would have people who were [positive but] asymptomatic and not able to work, and that was a harbinger of what was going to come in all other essential functions of society.
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- herald, anunciar, anunciadorCatalan, Valencian
- Vorzeichen, ankündigen, Omen, VorboteGerman
- προαναγγέλλω, πρόδρομος, προάγγελοςGreek
- heraldo, anunciante, anunciar, anunciadorSpanish
- airutFinnish
- annoncer, présage, présagerFrench
- előjelHungarian
- fyrirboði, boðberi, undanfariIcelandic
- presagio, premonire, presagire, precursore, profeta, premonitrice, profetizzare, messaggero, premonitore, foriero, annunciare, araldoItalian
- 前触れJapanese
- praenuntius, destinarat purgandis mentibus praepositamLatin
- voorbode, aankondigenDutch
- innvarsleNorwegian
- zwiastunPolish
- arautoPortuguese
- vestitorRomanian
- предвестник, провозвестник, предвещатьRussian
- predšasnik, nagovest, nagoveštaj, najava, navesnikSerbo-Croatian
- förebud, förlöpare, förebåda, varslaSwedish
- 预兆Chinese
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