• noun:   (formal) a person who announces important news

  Example: "The chieftain had a herald who announced his arrival with a trumpet"

• noun:   an indication of the approach of something or someone
• verb:   greet enthusiastically or joyfully
• verb:   praise vociferously
• verb:   foreshadow or presage
• name:  A surname (rare: 1 in 100000 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #7969)

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