harbinger
Cross references: 1. forerunner 1. har.bin.ger \'ha:r-b*n-j*r\ n [ME herbergere, fr. OF, host, fr. herberge hostelry, of Gmc origin;] akin to OHG heriberga archaic 1: a person sent before to provide lodgings 2a: one who pioneers in or initiates a major change : PRECURSOR 2b: something that presages or foreshadows what is to come 2. harbinger vt : to be a harbinger of : PRESAGE