harbinger

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[edit] Etymology

Originally, a person that is sent in advance to provide lodgings. From Middle English herbergeour < Old French herbergeor ( > French héberger (to put up)) < Frankish heriberga (inn). Compare German Herberge, Italian albergo, Dutch herberg.

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Singular
harbinger

Plural
harbingers

harbinger (plural harbingers)

  1. A person or thing that foreshadows or foretells the coming of someone or something.

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Infinitive
to harbinger

Third person singular
harbingers

Simple past
harbingered

Past participle
harbingered

Present participle
harbingering

to harbinger (third-person singular simple present harbingers, present participle harbingering, simple past and past participle harbingered)

  1. (transitive) To announce; to be a harbinger of.

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  1. ^ Oxford-Paravia Concise - Dizionario Inglese-Italiano e Italiano-Inglese. Edited by Maria Cristina Bareggi. Torino: Paravia, 2003 (in collaboration with Oxford University Press). ISBN 8839551107. Online version at [1]