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herald

noun [C]
 
 
/ˈher.əld/

Definition

formal a sign that something will happen, change, etc.: If this first opera of the season is a herald (= sign) of what is to come, we can expect great things.Predicting things and intuition in the past, a person who carried important messages and made announcementsMessengers and people who deliver things
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