[ˈhɛrəld], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an official employed to oversee state ceremonial, precedence, and the use of armorial bearings, and (historically) to make proclamations, carry official messages, and oversee tournaments

- a person or thing viewed as a sign that something is about to happen
(e.g: they considered the first primroses as the herald of spring)

- a brown moth with dull orange markings, often hibernating in houses and old buildings


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Origin:
Middle English: from Old French herault (noun), herauder (verb), of Germanic origin

[ˈhɛrəld], (Verb)

Definitions:
- be a sign that (something) is about to happen
(e.g: the speech heralded a change in policy)


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Origin:
Middle English: from Old French herault (noun), herauder (verb), of Germanic origin