'Harbinger' definitions:
Definition of 'harbinger'
(from WordNet)
noun
Something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone [syn: harbinger, forerunner, predecessor, herald, precursor]
verb
Definition of 'Harbinger'
From: GCIDE
- Harbinger \Har"bin*ger\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Harbingered (h[add]r"b[i^]n*j[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Harbingering.] To usher in; to be a harbinger of. "Thus did the star of religious freedom harbinger the day." --Bancroft. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Harbinger'
From: GCIDE
- Harbinger \Har"bin*ger\ (h[add]r"b[i^]n*j[~e]r), n. [OE. herbergeour, OF. herbergeor one who provides lodging, fr. herbergier to provide lodging, F. h['e]berger, OF. herberge lodging, inn, F. auberge; of German origin. See Harbor.]
- 1. One who provides lodgings; especially, the officer of the English royal household who formerly preceded the court when traveling, to provide and prepare lodgings. --Fuller. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A forerunner; a precursor; a messenger. [1913 Webster]
- I knew by these harbingers who were coming. --Landor. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'harbinger'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ancestor,
- announce,
- announcer,
- antecedent,
- augury,
- avant-garde,
- bellwether,
- buccinator,
- buccinator novi temporis,
- bushwhacker,
- evangel,
- evangelist,
- explorer,
- forebear,
- foregoer,
- forerun,
- forerunner,
- foreshadower,
- foreshow,
- foretoken,
- front runner,
- frontiersman,
- fugleman,
- Gabriel,
- give notice,
- groundbreaker,
- guide,
- herald,
- herald angel,
- innovator,
- lead runner,
- leader,
- messenger,
- notify,
- omen,
- outrider,
- pathfinder,
- pioneer,
- point,
- portent,
- preannounce,
- precedent,
- precursor,
- predecessor,
- preindicate,
- premonitor,
- presage,
- presager,
- proclaim,
- run before,
- scout,
- sign,
- stormy petrel,
- trailblazer,
- trailbreaker,
- vanguard,
- vaunt-courier,
- voortrekker