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HARBINGER , originally one who provides a shelter or lodging for an See also:

army. The word is derived from the M.E. and O.Fr. herbergere, through the See also:

LATE

Late See also:

Lat. heribergalor, formed from the O.H.Ger. heri, mod. Ger. Heer, an army, and See also:

BERGEN

bergen, shelter or See also:

defence, cf. " See also:

HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour." The meaning was soon enlarged to include any See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place where travellers could be lodged or entertained, and also by transference the See also:

PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person who provided lodgings, and so one who goes on before a party to secure suitable lodgings in advance. A See also:

HERALD (O. Fr. heraut, herault; the origin is uncertain, but O.H.G. heren, to call, or hariwald, leader of an army, have been proposed; the Gr. equivalent is Kddpvi : Lat. praeco, caduceator, fetialis)

herald sent forward to announce the coming of a See also:

king. A See also:

Knight Harbinger was an officer in the royal See also:

HOUSEHOLD, ROYAL

household till 1846. In these senses the word is now obsolete. It is used chiefly in See also:

POETRY

poetry and literature for one who announces the immediate approach of something, a forerunner. This is illustrated in the " harbinger of See also:

SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring," a name given to a small plant belonging to the See also:

UMBELLIFERAE

Umbelliferae, which has a tuberous See also:

root, and small See also:

white See also:

FLOWERS, ARTIFICIAL

flowers; it is found in the central states of See also:

North See also:

AMERICA

America, and blossoms in See also:

March.

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