Uk English Meaning of herald
herald
Other Uk English words related to herald
- advocate
- advocate
- exponent
- Proponent
- supporter
- apostle
- booster
- champion
- adopt
- expounder
- friend
- evangelist
- Hierophant
- High priest
- paladin
- promoter
- Protagonist
- stalwart
- True believer
- tub-thumper
- white knight
- adherent
- applauder
- backer
- cheerleader
- cohort
- disciple
- fellow traveller
- Follower
- evangelist
- interpreter
- loyalist
- partisan
- partisan
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Definitions and Meaning of herald in English
herald (n)
(formal) a person who announces important news
something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone
herald (v)
foreshadow or presage
praise vociferously
greet enthusiastically or joyfully
herald (n.)
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.
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.
A proclaimer; one who, or that which, publishes or announces; as, the herald of another's fame.
A forerunner; a a precursor; a harbinger.
Any messenger.
herald (v. t.)
To introduce, or give tidings of, as by a herald; to proclaim; to announce; to foretell; to usher in.
FAQs About the word herald
herald
(formal) a person who announces important news, something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone, foreshadow or presage, praise vocife
advocate,advocate,exponent,Proponent,supporter,apostle,booster,champion,adopt,expounder
adversary,antagonist,enemy,enemy,Opponent,rival,critic,belittler,faultfinder
herakline => Heraclitean, herakles => Heracles, heraclitus => Heraclitus, heracleum sphondylium => Hogweed, heracleum => hogweed,
