harbinger

Speech parts

1. harbinger - Noun

2. harbinger - Verb

Meaning

One who provides lodgings; especially, the officer of the English royal household who formerly preceded the court when traveling, to provide and prepare lodgings.

A forerunner; a precursor; a messenger.

To usher in; to be a harbinger of.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

herald predecessor precursor announce forerunner foretell annunciate messenger advertiser courier vanguard outrider signal portent augur
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Antonyms

offspring ignorance descendant stupidity foolishness scion
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Hypernyms

tell indication indicant

Phrases with the word

be a harbinger of john the harbinger harbinger of death

Derivatives

harbingered harbingering

Examples

It appears then, that capitalist production comprises conditions independent of good or bad will, conditions which permit the working-class to enjoy that relative prosperity only momentarily, and at that always only as the harbinger of a coming crisis. Karl Marx

They (preachers) dread the advance of science as witches do the approach of daylight and scowl on the fatal harbinger announcing the subversions of the duperies on which they live. Thomas Jefferson

Elric knew that in reality Chaos was the harbinger of stagnation, for though it changed constantly, it never progressed. Michael Moorcock

Exceptions are not always the proof of the old rule; they can also be the harbinger of a new one. Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

The true harbinger of spring is not crocuses or swallows returning to Capistrano, but the sound of the bat on the ball. Bill Veeck

Welcome, wild harbinger of spring! To this small nook of earth; Feeling and fancy fondly cling, Round thoughts which owe their birth, To thee, and to the humble spot, Where chance has fixed thy lowly lot. Bernard Barton

Close letter words and terms

harbi Harbin harbinge harbinger of death harbinger-of-spring harbingership