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# The BFD Word of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/the-bfd-word-of-the-day-501/
- Published: 2021-06-13T18:15:00.000Z
- Updated: 2021-04-28T18:51:37.000Z
- Author: David Theobald
- Tags: General, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 01:54

herald (noun,verb) –

noun: –  
1a : an official at a tournament of arms  
 b : an officer with the status of ambassador acting as official messenger between leaders especially in war  
 c : officer of arms  
2 : an official crier or messenger  
3a : one that precedes or foreshadows  
 b : one that conveys news or proclaims

verb:-  
1 : to give notice of : announce  
2a : to greet especially with enthusiasm : hail  
 b : publicize  
3 : to signal the approach of

Source :[ Merriam -Webster](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/herald?ref=goodoil.news)

Etymology : While herald the verb is more common today, herald the noun is older. When the word was first used in the early 14th century, it referred to an official at a tournament (one of those knightly sporting events the Middle Ages are famous for); the herald’s duties included making announcements, hence the word’s uses relating to announcements, literal and metaphorical. The word is ultimately Germanic in origin, coming from a long-lost word that can be translated as “one directing or having authority over a body of armed men,” though like so many words of 14th century vintage, it came to English by way of Anglo-French. The resemblance between herald and the name Harold is not coincidental: Harold is a modern form of Chariovalda, the name of a 1st century C.E. leader of the Batavi, a tribe who lived on the lower Rhine. The Germanic source of Chariovalda, turned into a generic noun, is also the source of herald.

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