herald

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The terms of the declaration of war carried by the herald were as follows To thee, Charles of Burgundy, in behalf of the very high, etc Duke of Lorraine, my seigneur, I announce defiance with fire and blood against thee, thy countries, thy subjects, thy allies, and other charge further have I not.

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  1. noun A person who carries or proclaims important news; a messenger.
  2. noun One that gives a sign or indication of something to come; a harbinger: The crocus is a herald of spring.
  3. noun An official whose specialty is heraldry.
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  • She knew that the herald was the living memory of the times, the history teller of important events. —  Garwood, Julie - The Prize
  • And this he told us: Blessed Elua smiled at the arch-herald, and turned to his boon companion Cassiel, holding out his hand for his knife. —  Carey, Jaqueline - Kushiel's Dart orig
  • Good one Bill, and lighten up to the fun hater that thinks the herald is wasting everyone's time with a
  • For years, the traditional herald was the Fort Lauderdale Billfish Tournament, always held in November.
  • He was Lance Corporal David Reid of the Justice Society of America until he was killed in action and resurrected by Gog as his herald - MAGOG. —  ComicList Headlines
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herald:   heralding ·  heralded
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  1. Middle English, from Anglo-Norman, of Germanic origin; see koro- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Early modern English also herault, heraut, harrot, from Middle English herald, herauld, heraud, harawd, herowd, herod, harrold, etc., = Dutch heraut = late Middle High German heralt, herolt, erhalt, German herold (later Swedish härold = Danish herold), from Old French heralt, heraut, French héraut = Spanish haraldo, heraldo, also faraute = Portuguese arauto, also faraute = Italian araldo, from Middle Latin haraldus, heraldus, a herald; of Old High German origin. The word appears also as a proper name, Icelandic Haraldr, late Anglo-Saxon Harald, Harold, English Harold (ult. of German origin: the reg. Anglo-Saxon form would have been *Hereweald; it occurs reversed in Waldhere) = Old Saxon Hariolt (Diez, etc.), in Middle Latin Chariovaldus, answering to an Old High German *Hariwalt (or *Hariwalto), *Heriwalt (the alleged Old High German Heriold, Hariold, Arioald, Ariovald, are later reflections); from Old High German hari, heri (= Anglo-Saxon here, Icelandic herr, etc.), army (see harry), + -walt (= Anglo-Saxon -weald), in comp., strength (Old High German -walto = Anglo-Saxon -wealda, ruler), from waltan (= Anglo-Saxon wealdan, etc.), rule, have power: see wield. The same first element occurs in harbor, harborough, harbinger, heriot, etc.: see harbor, etc. The particular sense given to herald may have been influenced by Old High German foraharo, a herald, from forharēn, proclaim, from fora, fore, + harēn, cry out.
  2. from Old French herauder, heraulder, herald; from the noun.
 

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