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harbinger
(encz) | harbinger,posel n: Zdeněk Brož |
harbinger
(encz) | harbinger,předzvěst n: Petr Prášek |
harbinger
(encz) | harbinger,zvěstovatel n: Petr Prášek |
Harbinger
(gcide) | Harbinger \Har"bin*ger\ (h[add]r"b[i^]n*j[~e]r), n. [OE.
herbergeour, OF. herbergeor one who provides lodging, fr.
herbergier to provide lodging, F. h['e]berger, OF. herberge
lodging, inn, F. auberge; of German origin. See Harbor.]
1. One who provides lodgings; especially, the officer of the
English royal household who formerly preceded the court
when traveling, to provide and prepare lodgings. --Fuller.
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2. A forerunner; a precursor; a messenger.
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I knew by these harbingers who were coming.
--Landor.
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Harbinger
(gcide) | Harbinger \Har"bin*ger\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Harbingered
(h[add]r"b[i^]n*j[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Harbingering.]
To usher in; to be a harbinger of. "Thus did the star of
religious freedom harbinger the day." --Bancroft.
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harbinger
(wn) | harbinger
n 1: something that precedes and indicates the approach of
something or someone [syn: harbinger, forerunner,
predecessor, herald, precursor]
v 1: foreshadow or presage [syn: announce, annunciate,
harbinger, foretell, herald] |
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Harbinger
(gcide) | Harbinger \Har"bin*ger\ (h[add]r"b[i^]n*j[~e]r), n. [OE.
herbergeour, OF. herbergeor one who provides lodging, fr.
herbergier to provide lodging, F. h['e]berger, OF. herberge
lodging, inn, F. auberge; of German origin. See Harbor.]
1. One who provides lodgings; especially, the officer of the
English royal household who formerly preceded the court
when traveling, to provide and prepare lodgings. --Fuller.
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2. A forerunner; a precursor; a messenger.
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I knew by these harbingers who were coming.
--Landor.
[1913 Webster]Harbinger \Har"bin*ger\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Harbingered
(h[add]r"b[i^]n*j[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Harbingering.]
To usher in; to be a harbinger of. "Thus did the star of
religious freedom harbinger the day." --Bancroft.
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Harbingered
(gcide) | Harbinger \Har"bin*ger\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Harbingered
(h[add]r"b[i^]n*j[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Harbingering.]
To usher in; to be a harbinger of. "Thus did the star of
religious freedom harbinger the day." --Bancroft.
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Harbingering
(gcide) | Harbinger \Har"bin*ger\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Harbingered
(h[add]r"b[i^]n*j[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Harbingering.]
To usher in; to be a harbinger of. "Thus did the star of
religious freedom harbinger the day." --Bancroft.
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