herald
pronunciation
How to pronounce herald in British English:
UK [ˈherəld]
How to pronounce herald in American English:
US [ˈherəld]
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- Noun:
- (formal) a person who announces important news
- an indication of the approach of something or someone
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- Verb:
- foreshadow or presage
- praise vociferously
- greet enthusiastically or joyfully
Word Origin
- herald
- herald: [14] Etymologically, a herald is a ‘leader of an army’. The word comes via Old French herault from a prehistoric Germanic *khariwald-, a compound formed from *kharjaz ‘army’ (which occurs also in English harangue, harbinger, harbour, harness, and harry) and *wald- ‘rule’ (source of English wield). It is identical in origin with the personal name Harold.=> harangue, harbinger, harbour, harness, harry, wield
- herald (n.)
- late 13c. (in Anglo-Latin); c. 1200 as a surname, "messenger, envoy," from Anglo-French heraud, Old French heraut, hiraut (12c.), perhaps from Frankish *hariwald "commander of an army," from Proto-Germanic *harja "army" (from PIE root *koro- "war;" see harry) + *waldaz "to command, rule" (see wield). The form fits, but the sense evolution is difficult to explain, unless in reference to the chief officer of a tournament, who introduced knights and made decisions on rules (which was one of the early senses, often as heraud of armes, though not the earliest in English).
- herald (v.)
- late 14c., "to sound the praises of," from herald (n.). Related: Heralded; heralding.
Example
- 1. His comments reported by the herald were made at a lunch following those events .
- 2. So says anatole kaletsky in his thought-provoking debut column for reuters and the international herald tribune .
- 3. The scale of the region 's fraud is mind-boggling , according to a series of reports in the miami herald .
- 4. His sister carol studied law at london university and has been working in australia as a reporter for the sydney morning herald .
- 5. Not only could nobody from home contact me , there was no real news about the world in the english-language newspapers where I was ( theinternational herald tribunewas banned in many places or arrived days late ) .