English-Thai Dictionary

harbinger

N ผู้สืบข่าว ที่ ไป ล่วงหน้า ก่อน  phu-sueb-kao-ti-pai-luang-na-kon

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

HARBINGER

n.[See Harbor. Harbinger is properly a person who goes to provide harbor or lodgings for those that follow. ] 1. In England, an officer of the king's household who rides a day's journey before the court when traveling, to provide lodgings and other accommodations.
2. A forerunner; a precursor; that which precedes and gives notice of the expected arrival of something else.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

HARBINGER

Har "bin *ger, n. Etym: [OE. herbergeour, OF. herbergeor one who provides lodging, fr. herbergier to provide lodging, F. héberger, OF. herberge lodging, inn, F. auberge; of German origin. See Harbor. ]

 

1. One who provides lodgings; especially, the officer of the English royal household who formerly preceded the court when traveling, to provide and prepare lodgings. Fuller.

 

2. A forerunner; a precursor; a messenger. I knew by these harbingers who were coming. Landor.

 

HARBINGER

Har "bin *ger, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Harbingered; p. pr. & vb. n.Harbingering.]

 

Defn: To usher in; to be a harbinger of. "Thus did the star of religious freedom harbinger the day. " Bancroft.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

harbinger

har bin ger |ˈhärbənjər ˈhɑrbənʤər | ▶noun a person or thing that announces or signals the approach of another: witch hazels are the harbingers of spring. • a forerunner of something: these works were not yet opera, but they were the most important harbinger of opera. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French herbergere, from herbergier ‘provide lodging for, ’ from herberge ‘lodging, ’ from Old Saxon heriberga ‘shelter for an army, lodging ’ (from heri ‘army ’ + a Germanic base meaning ‘fortified place ’), related to harbor. The term originally denoted a person who provided lodging, later one who went ahead to find lodgings for an army or for a nobleman and his retinue, hence, a herald (mid 16th cent ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

harbinger

harbinger |ˈhɑːbɪn (d )ʒə | ▶noun a person or thing that announces or signals the approach of another: witch hazels are the harbingers of spring. • a forerunner of something. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French herbergere, from herbergier ‘provide lodging for ’, from herberge ‘lodging ’, from Old Saxon heriberga ‘shelter for an army, lodging ’ (from heri ‘army ’ + a Germanic base meaning ‘fortified place ’), related to harbour. The term originally denoted a person who provided lodging, later one who went ahead to find lodgings for an army or for a nobleman and his retinue, hence, a herald (mid 16th cent. ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

harbinger

harbinger noun I long to see the robins, crocuses, and other harbingers of spring: herald, sign, indication, signal, portent, omen, augury, forewarning, presage; forerunner, precursor, messenger; literary foretoken.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

harbinger

harbinger noun witch hazels are the harbingers of spring: herald, sign, indicator, indication, signal, prelude, portent, omen, augury, forewarning, presage, announcer; forerunner, precursor, messenger, usher; French avant-courier; literary foretoken.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

harbinger

har bin ger /hɑ́ː r bɪn (d )ʒə r /名詞 C ｟文 ｠【変化の 】先触れ, きざし, 前兆 (sign ) «of » .