Herald

What do we mean by herald?

A person who carries or proclaims important news; a messenger. noun

One that gives a sign or indication of something to come; a harbinger. noun

An official whose specialty is heraldry. noun

An official formerly charged with making royal proclamations and bearing messages of state between sovereigns. noun

An official who formerly made proclamations and conveyed challenges at a tournament. noun

To proclaim, especially with enthusiasm; announce or acclaim. transitive verb

To be a sign of; foreshadow. transitive verb

An officer sent by a sovereign, a general, or other person of high authority to another, or to an army or public assembly, with a formal message or proclamation, or employed in related duties. noun

In extended modern use, any official messenger, especially one charged with a message of defiance, a proposition of peace, or the like. noun

A proclaimer; a publisher; a crier; an announcer of important tidings. noun

A forerunner; a precursor; a harbinger: sometimes used poetically in apposition or attributively. noun

The red-breasted merganser, Mergus serrator, more fully called herald-duck. See earl-duck, harle. noun

A noctuid moth, Gonoptera libatrix: an English collectors’ name. See Gonoptera. noun

To proclaim; give tidings of as a herald; announce.

To introduce, or give tidings of, as by a herald; to proclaim; to announce; to foretell; to usher in. transitive verb

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

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. noun

A proclaimer; one who, or that which, publishes or announces. noun

A forerunner; a a precursor; a harbinger. noun

A messenger, especially one bringing important news.

A harbinger, giving signs of things to come.

An official whose speciality is heraldry, especially one between the ranks of pursuivant and king-of-arms.

A moth of the species Scoliopteryx libatrix.

Words that are spelled similarly to herald:
herald, gerald, heald, harald, herold, heraud, jerald.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word herald:
tribune, advertiser, examiner, heraldic, courier, newspaper, columnist, gazette, sun, yields, unofficial, chronicle, correspondent, glasgow, weekly, telegraph, extraordinary, daily, reporter, arms, amateur, editorial, editor, sunday, reviewer, circulation, paper, athletes, publisher, news, ordinary, mail, publishing, journalism, miami, reported, evening, critic, column, papers, guardian, publication, journalist, praised, globe, publications, journal, reporting, participation, printing, review, source, magazine, printed, melbourne.

Words that rhyme with herald:
gerald, fitzgerald, harold, barreled, imperiled, perilled, herold, periled, jerald, harrold, jerrold, gerrald, jereld.

Adjectives that are often used to describe herald:
world, first, old, chronicle, glasgow, french, royal, english, chief, imperial, weekly, daily, athenian, true, divine, sacred, greek, theban, faithful, conservative, perfectest, scottish, official, sure, star, egyptian, voiced, principal, language, unfailing, musical, spartan, christian, courier, winged, roman, monthly, mere, burgundian, red, boston, persian, banner, operative, ancient, independent, defunct, democratic, bright, influential, gentle, argive, morning, rival, ever, welcome, union, angelic, owned, flaming, socialist, westporter, cape, silent, false, earliest, republican, noble, fiery, heavenly, youthful.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective herald:
arms, painter, drops, press, calls, office, tribune, messenger, shadows, island, bark, trumpeting, people, painters, sermons, angels, police, spot, atarms, petrel, painting.

Consonant match to herald:
harold, hareld, harald, herold, harrold, harreld, herrold.

Words that sound like herald:
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