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herald

Herald is a 6 letter word which starts with the letter H and ends with the letter D for which we found 5 definitions.

Definition
(n.) An officer whose business was to denounce or proclaim war to challenge to battle to proclaim peace and to bear messages from the commander of an army. He was invested with a sacred and inviolable character.
(n.) In the Middle Ages the officer charged with the above duties and also with the care of genealogies of the rights and privileges of noble families and especially of armorial bearings. In modern times some vestiges of this office remain especially in England. See Heralds' College (below) and King-at-Arms.
(n.) A proclaimer; one who or that which publishes or announces; as the herald of another's fame.
(n.) A forerunner; a a precursor; a harbinger.
(n.) Any messenger.

Syllable Information

The word herald is a 6 letter word that has 2 syllable 's . The syllable division for herald is: her-ald


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