Herald : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Herald	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for Herald
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
herald n (formal) a person who announces important news; "the chieftain had a herald who announced his arrival with a trumpet" Synonym(s): herald, trumpeter something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone Synonym(s): harbinger, forerunner, predecessor, herald, precursor v foreshadow or presage [syn: announce, annunciate, harbinger, foretell, herald] praise vociferously; "The critics hailed the young pianist as a new Rubinstein" Synonym(s): acclaim, hail, herald greet enthusiastically or joyfully Synonym(s): hail, herald
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Herald \Her"ald\, n. [OE. herald, heraud, OF. heralt, heraut, herault, F. h[82]raut, LL. heraldus, haraldus, fr. (assumed) OHG. heriwalto, hariwaldo, a (civil) officer who serves the army; hari, heri, army + waltan to manage, govern, G. walten; akin to E. wield. See {Harry}, {Wield}.] 1. (Antiq.) 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Herald \Her"ald\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Heralded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Heralding}.] [Cf. OF. herauder, heraulder.] To introduce, or give tidings of, as by a herald; to proclaim; to announce; to foretell; to usher in. --Shak.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Herald, CA Zip code(s): 95638 Herald, IL Zip code(s): 62845