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| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : hahr-bin-jer |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈhɑr bɪn dʒər |
Définition of harbinger
Origin :- late 15c., herbengar "one sent ahead to arrange lodgings" (for a monarch, an army, etc.), alteration of Middle English herberger "provider of shelter, innkeeper" (late 12c.), from Old French herbergeor, from herbergier "provide lodging," from herber "lodging, shelter," from Frankish *heriberga "lodging, inn" (cf. Old Saxon, Old High German heriberga "army shelter," from heri "army" + berga "shelter"); see harbor. Sense of "forerunner" is mid-16c. Intrusive -n- is 15c. (see messenger). As a verb, from 1640s (harbinge "to lodge" is late 15c.).
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- He looked like a harbinger of tempest, a shipmate of the Flying Dutchman.
- Extract from : « The Village Uncle (From "Twice Told Tales") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- I once beheld it as the harbinger of happiness, as the temple of integrity and innocence.
- Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin
- John was the harbinger not alone of the kingdom but of the King; and to him the King in person came.
- Extract from : « Jesus the Christ » by James Edward Talmage
- Thus, therefore, did this harbinger of evil news resume the situation.
- Extract from : « "Unto Caesar" » by Baroness Emmuska Orczy
- The hour of triumph is often but the harbinger of defeat and shame.
- Extract from : « A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon » by John Lord, A.M.
- Harbinger expressed the opinion that the editor ought to be kicked.
- Extract from : « The Patrician » by John Galsworthy
- Besides, did she not know all that Harbinger could give her?
- Extract from : « The Patrician » by John Galsworthy
- Falling in with Harbinger, he asked him to come back to lunch.
- Extract from : « The Patrician » by John Galsworthy
- Why, if he's a harbinger of woe—ain't that what they call 'em?
- Extract from : « The Panchronicon » by Harold Steele Mackaye
- A calm to her was like a summer day in winter-time, the harbinger of coming storm.
- Extract from : « Saronia » by Richard Short
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