Definition of "harbinger" in English

noun

1. A person or thing that foreshadows or foretells the coming of someone or something.

   • harbinger of danger; harbinger of doom; harbinger of spring

2. (obsolete) One who provides lodgings; especially, the officer of the English royal household who formerly preceded the court when travelling, to provide and prepare lodgings.

   • outward decency […] is the Harbinger to provide the lodging for inward holinesse

verb

1. (transitive) To announce or precede; to be a harbinger of.