herald
nounmasculineliterário/ɐˈɾawtu/low
a·rau·to
Definitions
1In former times, an official messenger bringing news or proclamations, often wearing a tabard.
The king's herald announced the new law to the crowd.
A herald was sent to deliver the declaration of war.
Common collocations
royal heraldherald's trumpetvoice of the herald
2A person or thing viewed as a sign that something is about to happen.
The first robin is a herald of spring.
He was a herald of the scientific revolution.
Common collocations
herald of springherald of change
Etymology
Do latim 'arauto', pelo provençal antigo 'araüt'.