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harbinger

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  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