"herald" Definition

Definitions for the word "herald" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. n.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
A proclaimer; one who, or that which, publishes or announces; as, the herald of another's fame.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
A forerunner; a a precursor; a harbinger.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
Any messenger.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. v. t.
To introduce, or give tidings of, as by a herald; to proclaim; to announce; to foretell; to usher in.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. n.
1 official messenger bringing news. 2 forerunner, harbinger. 3 a hist. Officer responsible for state ceremonial and etiquette. B official concerned with pedigrees and coats of arms. v. Proclaim the approach of; usher in. heraldic adj. [french from germanic]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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