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her·ald

(hĕr′əld)

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

2. One that gives a sign or indication of something to come; a harbinger: The crocus is a herald of spring.

3. An official whose specialty is heraldry.

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

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

tr.v. her·ald·ed, her·ald·ing, her·alds

1. To proclaim, especially with enthusiasm; announce or acclaim: cheers that heralded the team's arrival.

2. To be a sign of; foreshadow: The discovery heralds a new era in drug treatment.

[Middle English, from Anglo-Norman, of Germanic origin; see koro- in Indo-European roots.]

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herald

(ˈhɛrəld)

a. a person who announces important news

b. (as modifier): herald angels.

2. often literary a forerunner; harbinger

3. (Heraldry) the intermediate rank of heraldic officer, between king-of-arms and pursuivant

4. (Historical Terms) (in the Middle Ages) an official at a tournament

vb (tr)

5. to announce publicly

6. to precede or usher in

[C14: from Old French herault, of Germanic origin; compare Old English here war; see wield]

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her•ald

(ˈhɛr əld)

n.

1. a royal or official messenger, esp. one representing a monarch in an ambassadorial capacity during wartime.

2. a person or thing that precedes or comes before; forerunner; harbinger: the swallows, heralds of spring.

3. a person or thing that proclaims or announces.

4. (in the Middle Ages) an officer who arranged tournaments and other functions, announced challenges, marshaled combatants, etc.

5. an officer of a body concerned with armorial bearings, genealogies, etc., esp. an officer ranking between a king-of-arms and a pursuivant.

v.t.

6. to give tidings of; proclaim; publicize.

7. to signal the coming of; usher in.

[1300–50; Middle English herau(l)d < Old French herau(l)t < Frankish *heriwald=*heri army + *wald commander (see wield)]

herald

- Etymologically, a "leader of an army," from Germanic kharjaz, "army."

herald

Past participle: heralded
Gerund: heralding

Imperative
herald
herald

Present
I herald
you herald
he/she/it heralds
we herald
you herald
they herald

Preterite
I heralded
you heralded
he/she/it heralded
we heralded
you heralded
they heralded

Present Continuous
I am heralding
you are heralding
he/she/it is heralding
we are heralding
you are heralding
they are heralding

Present Perfect
I have heralded
you have heralded
he/she/it has heralded
we have heralded
you have heralded
they have heralded

Past Continuous
I was heralding
you were heralding
he/she/it was heralding
we were heralding
you were heralding
they were heralding

Past Perfect
I had heralded
you had heralded
he/she/it had heralded
we had heralded
you had heralded
they had heralded

Future
I will herald
you will herald
he/she/it will herald
we will herald
you will herald
they will herald

Future Perfect
I will have heralded
you will have heralded
he/she/it will have heralded
we will have heralded
you will have heralded
they will have heralded

Future Continuous
I will be heralding
you will be heralding
he/she/it will be heralding
we will be heralding
you will be heralding
they will be heralding

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been heralding
you have been heralding
he/she/it has been heralding
we have been heralding
you have been heralding
they have been heralding

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been heralding
you will have been heralding
he/she/it will have been heralding
we will have been heralding
you will have been heralding
they will have been heralding

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been heralding
you had been heralding
he/she/it had been heralding
we had been heralding
you had been heralding
they had been heralding

Conditional
I would herald
you would herald
he/she/it would herald
we would herald
you would herald
they would herald

Past Conditional
I would have heralded
you would have heralded
he/she/it would have heralded
we would have heralded
you would have heralded
they would have heralded

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Noun	1.	herald - (formal) a person who announces important news; "the chieftain had a herald who announced his arrival with a trumpet" trumpeter formality - compliance with formal rules; "courtroom formality" courier, messenger - a person who carries a message
	2.	herald - something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone harbinger, forerunner, predecessor, precursor indicant, indication - something that serves to indicate or suggest; "an indication of foul play"; "indications of strain"; "symptoms are the prime indicants of disease"
Verb	1.	herald - foreshadow or presage annunciate, foretell, harbinger, announce tell - let something be known; "Tell them that you will be late"
	2.	herald - praise vociferously; "The critics hailed the young pianist as a new Rubinstein" acclaim, hail applaud - express approval of; "I applaud your efforts"
	3.	herald - greet enthusiastically or joyfully hail greet, recognise, recognize - express greetings upon meeting someone

herald

verb

1. indicate, promise, precede, pave the way, usher in, harbinger, presage, portend, foretoken Their discovery could herald a cure for some forms of impotence.

2. announce, publish, advertise, proclaim, broadcast, trumpet, publicize Tonight's clash is being heralded as the match of the season.

noun

1. (Often literary) forerunner, sign, signal, indication, token, omen, precursor, harbinger I welcome the report as the herald of more freedom, not less.

2. messenger, courier, proclaimer, announcer, crier, town crier, bearer of tidings Jill hovered by the hearth while the herald delivered his news.

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herald

noun

One that indicates or announces someone or something to come:

forerunner, foreshadower, harbinger, precursor, presager.

verb

To make known the presence or arrival of:

announce, introduce, proclaim, usher in.

Translations

مُنادٍ، رسوليُعْلِن قُرْب، يُؤْذِنُ بمجيء

heroldzvěstovat

sendebudvarsle

Herold verkünden

heraldo precursor proclamar anunciar

héraut annoncer

boîberikallari; sendiboîi

araldo preannunciare annunziare

heraldikaheraldinisheroldasšauklys

vēstītvēstnesisziņnesis

bebude herold innvarsle

heroldzvestovať

habercihabercisi olmak

传令官宣布预报

herald

[ˈherəld]

A. N (= messenger) → heraldo m (fig) → precursor(a) m/f

B. VT (fig) → anunciar

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herald

[ˈhɛrəld]

(= person) → héraut m

(= precursor) → précurseur m
The festival is the herald of a new age → Le festival est le précurseur d'une nouvelle époque.

vt → annoncer
to be heralded as sth (= trumpeted) → être salué(e) comme qch

herald

(Hist) → Herold m; (in newspaper titles) → Bote m

(fig) → (Vor)bote m (geh); herald of spring → Frühlingsbote m

(Her) College of Heralds → Heroldsamt nt

vt arrival of summer → ankündigen, Vorbote(n) sein für; to herald (in) a new age → den Beginn eines neuen Zeitalters ankündigen; tonight’s game is being heralded as the match of the season → das Spiel heute Abend wird als die Begegnung der Saison groß herausgebracht

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herald

[ˈhɛr/əld]

1. n → araldo (fig) → messaggero

2. vt → annunciare

herald

(ˈherəld) noun

formerly, a person who carries and reads important messages and notices (eg from a king). The king sent out heralds to announce the new law.

verb

to announce or be a sign of. A sharp wind often heralds a storm.

heˈraldic (-ˈrӕl-) adjective

of heraldry.

ˈheraldry noun

the study of coats of arms, crests etc and of the history of the families who have the right to use them.

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At this moment we heard once more the herald's "O yes!

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For instance, assuming to myself the power of marshalling the aforesaid procession, I direct a trumpeter to send forth a blast loud enough to be heard from hence to China; and a herald, with world-pervading voice, to make proclamation for a certain class of mortals to take their places.

Of this kind is the gout, which serves as a bond of brotherhood to the purple-visaged gentry, who obey the herald's voice, and painfully hobble from all civilized regions of the globe to take their post in the grand procession.

and herald, with thy voice of might, shout forth another summons that shall reach the old baronial castles of Europe, and the rudest cabin of our western wilderness!

And next, let the trumpet pour forth a funereal wail, and the herald's voice give breath in one vast cry to all the groans and grievous utterances that are audible throughout the earth.

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Without alighting from his horse, the conqueror called for a bowl of wine, and opening the beaver, or lower part of his helmet, announced that he quaffed it, ``To all true English hearts, and to the confusion of foreign tyrants.'' He then commanded his trumpet to sound a defiance to the challengers, and desired a herald to announce to them, that he should make no election, but was willing to encounter them in the order in which they pleased to advance against him.

De Grantmesnil's horse, which was young and violent, reared and plunged in the course of the career so as to disturb the rider's aim, and the stranger, declining to take the advantage which this accident afforded him, raised his lance, and passing his antagonist without touching him, wheeled his horse and rode back again to his own end of the lists, offering his antagonist, by a herald, the chance of a second encounter.

The Prince acquiesced, however, although his disposition was precisely of that kind which is apt to be obstinate upon trifles, and, assuming his throne, and being surrounded by his followers, gave signal to the heralds to proclaim the laws of the tournament, which were briefly as follows:

The heralds finished their proclamation with their usual cry of ``Largesse, largesse, gallant knights!'' and gold and silver pieces were showered on them from the galleries, it being a high point of chivalry to exhibit liberality towards those whom the age accounted at once the secretaries and the historians of honour.

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When all this was done, and the army disciplined, and the herald Mouse had duly proclaimed war by challenging the Weasels, the newly chosen generals bound their heads with straws, that they might be more conspicuous to all their troops.

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The entire paper, opened out, is not quite as large as a single page of the New York HERALD. It is printed on both sides, of course; but in such large type that its entire contents could be put, in HERALD type, upon a single page of the HERALD--and there would still be room enough on the page for the ZEITUNG's "supplement" and some portion of the ZEITUNG's next day's contents.

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I have also inserted portions of several letters written for the New York Tribune and the New York Herald.