Associations to the word «Harbinger»

Wiktionary

HARBINGER, noun. A person or thing that foreshadows or foretells the coming of someone or something.
HARBINGER, noun. (obsolete) One who provides lodgings; especially, the officer of the English royal household who formerly preceded the court when travelling, to provide and prepare lodgings.
HARBINGER, verb. (transitive) To announce; to be a harbinger of.

Dictionary definition

HARBINGER, noun. Something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone.
HARBINGER, verb. Foreshadow or presage.

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin