herald

Meaning

1. A messenger, especially one bringing important news.
2. A harbinger, giving signs of things to come.
3. An official whose speciality is heraldry, especially one between the ranks of pursuivant and king-of-arms
4. A moth of the species Scoliopteryx libatrix.
5. A handbill consisting of an advertisement.

herald

messenger

announce

harbinger

forerunner

proclaim

precursor

hail

presage

portend

pioneer

courier

panegyrist

declare

make known

outrider

town crier

predecessor

pathfinder

portent

orderly

delivery boy

emissary

errand-boy

announcer

bard

crier

acclaim

annunciate

foretell

trumpeter

communicate

inform

report

pass off for

pose as

pretend to be

groundbreaker

trailblazer

foretoken

previous notice

assume

hint

imply

pre-announce

broadcast

propagate

spread

encomiast

bellman

forebode

public crier

enunciate

preach

sergeant

trainbearer

anticipate

augur

forecast

forestall

outguess

prognosticate

asseverate

blazon out

post

pronounce

render

return

delegate

representative

forerunners

vanguard

convey

delate

impart

notify

say

speak

tell

understate

call

enounce

promulgate

state

herald moth

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈhɛɹəld/

From Middle English herald, herauld, heraud, from Anglo-Norman heraud, from Old French heraut, hiraut (modern French héraut), from Frankish *heriwald, from Proto-Germanic *harjawaldaz, a compound consisting of Proto-Indo-European *ker- (“army”) + *h₂welh₁- (“to be strong”). Compare Walter, which has these elements reversed.