formerly, an official crier or messenger

formerly, a person who officiated at tournaments

somebody or something that is a sign of the arrival of something

It was the lark, the herald of the morn — Shakespeare

an officer responsible for recording names, pedigrees, and armorial bearings or tracing genealogies

in Britain, an officer of arms ranking above a pursuivant and below a king of arms

a moth of N Europe with brown mottled wings: Scoliopteryx libatrix

to announce or give notice of (something)

to be a sign of the arrival of (something)

to greet or hail (something)