Dictionary Definition
herald
Noun
1 (formal) a person who announces important news;
"the chieftain had a herald who announced his arrival with a
trumpet" [syn: trumpeter]
Verb
2 praise vociferously; "The critics hailed the
young pianist as a new Rubinstein" [syn: acclaim, hail]
3 greet enthusiastically or joyfully [syn:
hail]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
Noun
- A messenger,
especially one bringing important news.
- The herald blew his trumpet and shouted that the King was dead.
- A harbinger,
giving signs of things to
come.
- Daffodils are heralds of Spring.
- : An official whose
speciality is heraldry,
especially one between the ranks of pursuivant and king of
arms.
- Rouge Dragon is a herald at the College of Arms.
Synonyms
- i-c messenger messenger
- i-c harbinger harbinger
- pursuivant
Translations
a harbinger giving signs of things to come
- German: Verkündiger
- Serbian: glasnik, vesnik
- Spanish: heraldo
an official whose speciality is heraldry
- French: héraut
- German: Wappenherold , Wappenausleger
- Portuguese:
- Brazilian: arauto
- Italian: araldo
- Spanish: heraldo
Translations
- French: annoncer
Extensive Definition
English Heralds of Arms Extraordinary
Scottish Heralds
Scottish Heralds of Arms in Ordinary
Scottish Heralds of Arms Extraordinary
Canadian Heralds
Canadian Heralds of Arms In Ordinary
Canadian Heralds of Arms Extraordinary
Canadian Heralds of Arms Emeritus
Indian Empire Herald of Arms Extraordinary
See also
External links
- The Court of the Lord Lyon
- The College of Arms
- The Canadian Heraldic Authority
- The Office of the Chief Herald of Ireland
- Genealogy & Heraldry Bill, 2006 Introduced in the Irish Senate to provide a sound legislative basis for Ireland's heraldic authority.
herald in Czech: Herold
herald in Danish: Herold
herald in German: Herold
herald in Spanish: Heraldo
herald in French: Héraut
herald in Italian: Araldo
herald in Hebrew: כרוז
herald in Lithuanian: Heroldas
herald in Hungarian: Herold
herald in Dutch: Heraut
herald in Norwegian: Herold
herald in Polish: Herold
herald in Portuguese: Arauto
herald in Russian: Герольд
herald in Swedish: Härold
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
Clarenceux, College of Arms,
Gabriel, Garter, Lyon, Norroy, Norroy and Ulster,
ancestor, announce, announcer, antecede, antecedent, antedate, anticipate, avant-garde,
ballyhoo, be before, be
early, bellwether,
blare, blare forth,
blaze, blaze abroad, blaze
the trail, blazon, blazon
about, break the trail, buccinator, buccinator novi
temporis, bushwhacker, celebrate, come before,
commissar, commissary, commissionaire, commissioner, courier, crier, cry, cry out, declaim, delegate, earl marshal,
emissary, envoy, evangel, evangelist, explorer, forebear, foregoer, forerun, forerunner, foreshadower, foreshow, front runner,
frontiersman,
fugleman, give notice,
go before, groundbreaker, guide, harbinger, herald abroad,
herald angel, innovator, introduce, king at arms, king
of arms, lead, lead runner,
leader, legate, messenger, minister, mouthpiece, notify, official spokesman,
outrider, pathfinder, pioneer, point, preannounce, precede, precedent, precurse, precursor, predate, predecessor, preexist, preindicate, premonitor, presage, presager, proclaim, prolocutor, prolocutress, prolocutrix, promulgate, rapporteur, reporter, run before, scout, secretary, shout, speaker, spokesman, spokeswoman, stormy petrel,
thunder, thunder forth,
trailblazer,
trailbreaker,
trumpet, trumpet forth,
usher in, vanguard,
vaunt-courier, voice,
voortrekker