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harbinger

noun [C]
 
 
/ˈhɑː.bɪn.dʒər/ US  /ˈhɑːr.bɪn.dʒɚ/ literary

Definition

a person or thing thing that shows that something is going to happen soon, especially something bad: a harbinger of doomPeople who make predictions
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