From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Harbinger \Har"bin*ger\ (h[add]r"b[i^]n*j[~e]r), noun [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.
2. A forerunner; a precursor; a messenger.
I knew by these harbingers who were coming. --Landor.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Harbinger \Har"bin*ger\, verb (used with an object) [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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: an indication of the approach of something or someone [syn: {forerunner}, {herald}, {precursor}]
verb
1: foreshadow or presage [syn: {announce}, {annunciate}, {foretell}, {herald}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
58 Moby Thesaurus words for "harbinger": Gabriel, 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, 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
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