Having scattered the enemy before me and triumphantly returned, this is how they would herald me.
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Herald
//ˈhɛɹəld//
Synonyms for "herald" (160 found)
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Closest matches (32)
Strong matches (48)
Related words (80)
herald abroadherald angelinnovatorintroduceking at armsking of armsleadlead runnerleaderlegatelyonmeanmessageministermouthpiecenorroynorroy and ulsternotifyofficial spokesmanoutrider
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Noun(5 words)
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16 entriesTranslations
125 translations across 35 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- lajmëtar noun (a messenger, especially one bringing important news)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- κῆρυξ noun (a messenger, especially one bringing important news)
Armenian
1 entries- բանբեր noun (a harbinger giving signs of things to come)
Bulgarian
3 entries- вестител noun (a harbinger giving signs of things to come)
- пра́теник noun (a messenger, especially one bringing important news)
- възвестявам verb (announce)
Burmese
2 entries- သံတော်ဆင့် noun (a messenger, especially one bringing important news)
- သံတော်ဆင့် noun (an official whose speciality is heraldry)
Catalan
2 entries- herald noun (a messenger, especially one bringing important news)
- herald noun (a harbinger giving signs of things to come)
Church Slavic
1 entries- проповѣдьникъ noun (a messenger, especially one bringing important news)
Danish
1 entries- herold noun (a messenger, especially one bringing important news)
Dutch
4 entries- aankondiger noun (a harbinger giving signs of things to come)
- heraut noun (a messenger, especially one bringing important news)
- verkondiger noun (a harbinger giving signs of things to come)
- aankondigen verb (announce)
Egyptian
1 entries- wHm-m noun (a messenger, especially one bringing important news)
Esperanto
1 entries- heroldo noun (a harbinger giving signs of things to come)
Finnish
4 entries- airut noun (a harbinger giving signs of things to come)
- heraldikko noun (an official whose speciality is heraldry)
- liuskayökkönen noun (moth)
- merkki noun (a harbinger giving signs of things to come)
French
4 entries- découpure noun (moth)
- héraldesse noun (a messenger, especially one bringing important news)
- héraldesse noun (a harbinger giving signs of things to come)
- héraut noun (a messenger, especially one bringing important news)
German
4 entries- Bote noun (a messenger, especially one bringing important news)
- Herold noun (a messenger, especially one bringing important news)
- Motte noun (moth)
- Verkündiger noun (a harbinger giving signs of things to come)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐍃𐍀𐌹𐌻𐌻𐌰 noun (a messenger, especially one bringing important news)
Greek
4 entries- αγγελιοφόρος noun (a messenger, especially one bringing important news)
- κήρυκας noun (a messenger, especially one bringing important news)
- οικοσημολόγος noun (an official whose speciality is heraldry)
- προάγγελος noun (a harbinger giving signs of things to come)
Indonesian
2 entries- bentara noun (a messenger, especially one bringing important news)
- bentara noun (an official whose speciality is heraldry)
Irish
3 entries- aralt noun (a messenger, especially one bringing important news)
- aralt noun (an official whose speciality is heraldry)
- bolscaire noun (a messenger, especially one bringing important news)
Italian
4 entries- annunciatore noun (a harbinger giving signs of things to come)
- araldo noun (a messenger, especially one bringing important news)
- araldo noun (an official whose speciality is heraldry)
- banditore noun (a messenger, especially one bringing important news)
Japanese
4 entries- ヘラルド noun (a messenger, especially one bringing important news)
- ヘラルド noun (an official whose speciality is heraldry)
- 伝令官 noun (a messenger, especially one bringing important news)
- 使者 noun (a messenger, especially one bringing important news)
Latin
1 entries- praecō noun (a messenger, especially one bringing important news)
Macedonian
4 entries- весник noun (a harbinger giving signs of things to come)
- гла́сник noun (a messenger, especially one bringing important news)
- гласник noun (a harbinger giving signs of things to come)
- пра́теник noun (a messenger, especially one bringing important news)
Māori
4 entries- kaiwaewae noun (a messenger, especially one bringing important news)
- karere noun (a messenger, especially one bringing important news)
- kawainga noun (a harbinger giving signs of things to come)
- pūrahorua noun (a messenger, especially one bringing important news)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- innvarsle verb (announce)
Old English
1 entries- ār noun (a messenger, especially one bringing important news)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- خبرجی noun (a messenger, especially one bringing important news)
- مژدهلمك verb (announce)
Persian
3 entries- جلویز noun (a messenger, especially one bringing important news)
- قاصد noun (a messenger, especially one bringing important news)
- پیک noun (a messenger, especially one bringing important news)
Polish
2 entries- herold noun (a harbinger giving signs of things to come)
- szczerbówka noun (moth)
Portuguese
4 entries- arauto noun (a messenger, especially one bringing important news)
- arauto noun (a harbinger giving signs of things to come)
- arauto noun (an official whose speciality is heraldry)
- mensageiro noun (a messenger, especially one bringing important news)
Romanian
4 entries- herald noun (a harbinger giving signs of things to come)
- herald noun (an official whose speciality is heraldry)
- mesager noun (a messenger, especially one bringing important news)
- mesager noun (a harbinger giving signs of things to come)
Russian
3 entries- ве́стник noun (a messenger, especially one bringing important news)
- геро́льд noun (a harbinger giving signs of things to come)
- предвещать verb (announce)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- glasnik noun (a harbinger giving signs of things to come)
- vesnik noun (a harbinger giving signs of things to come)
Spanish
4 entries- heraldo noun (a messenger, especially one bringing important news)
- heraldo noun (a harbinger giving signs of things to come)
- heraldo noun (an official whose speciality is heraldry)
- anunciar verb (announce)
Swedish
3 entries- heraldiker noun (an official whose speciality is heraldry)
- härold noun (a messenger, especially one bringing important news)
- härold noun (an official whose speciality is heraldry)
Turkish
4 entries- güve noun (moth)
- haberci noun (a messenger, especially one bringing important news)
- haberci noun (a harbinger giving signs of things to come)
- resul noun (a harbinger giving signs of things to come)
Sample sentences
18 total sentences available.
It was the lark, the herald of the morn, no nightingale.
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Swallows herald the summer.
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According to Judaism, Elijah will return to herald the coming of the Messiah.
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