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herald
('h/E/r/@/ld )

noun (n)

  • (formal) a person who announces important news(noun.person)
    Example:
    The chieftain had a herald who announced his arrival with a trumpet.
    Synonym:
    trumpeter
    source: wordnet30
  • something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone(noun.communication)
    source: wordnet30
  • 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.(noun)
    source: webster1913

verb (v)

  • foreshadow or presage(verb.communication)
    source: wordnet30
  • praise vociferously(verb.communication)
    Synonym:
    acclaim, hail
    source: wordnet30
  • greet enthusiastically or joyfully(verb.communication)
    Synonym:
    hail
    source: wordnet30
  • To introduce, or give tidings of, as by a herald; to proclaim; to announce; to foretell; to usher in.(verb)
    source: webster1913

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