An officer having the special duty of making royal or state proclamations, and of bearing ceremonial messages between princes or sovereign powers.
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| 释义 | society > communication > information > announcing or proclaiming > [noun] > announcer or proclaimer > harbinger or usher (8) heraldc1330 An officer having the special duty of making royal or state proclamations, and of bearing ceremonial messages between princes or sovereign powers. forayer1340 A fore-goer, harbinger, messenger, or courier. forager1377 A harbinger, messenger. Obsolete. Cf. forayer, n. 2. foregangera1500 One who or that which goes before. a fore-runner, a harbinger. usher1548 One who precedes or arrives before another, esp. a higher dignitary or personage; a precursor. Also transferred. Cf. harbinger, n. 3. harbingera1550 One that goes before and announces the approach of some one; a forerunner. Mostly in transferred and figurative senses, and in literary language. avant-courier1603 One who runs or rides before; a herald; esp. (in 17th cent.) in plural the scouts, skirmishers, or advance-guard of an army. go-before1633 †(a) a harbinger, an usher (obsolete); (b) that which goes before or precedes something; a precursor. |
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