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

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King