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HARBINGER

This article appears in Volume V12, Page 935 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: HAN-HEG
HARBINGER , originally one who provides a shelter or lodging for an army. The word is derived from the M.E. and O.Fr. herbergere, through the
Late
  Lat. heribergalor, formed from the O.H.Ger. heri, mod. Ger. Heer, an army, and bergen, shelter or defence, cf. " harbour." The meaning was soon enlarged to include any place where travellers could be lodged or entertained, and also by transference the person who provided lodgings, and so one who goes on before a party to secure suitable lodgings in advance. A herald sent forward to announce the coming of a king. A Knight Harbinger was an officer in the royal
household
  till 1846. In these senses the word is now obsolete. It is used chiefly in poetry and literature for one who announces the immediate approach of something, a forerunner. This is illustrated in the " harbinger of
spring
 ," a name given to a small plant belonging to the
Umbelliferae
 , which has a tuberous root, and small
white
 
flowers
 ; it is found in the central states of North America, and blossoms in
March
 .


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