Definition: herald

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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

herald
     n 1: (formal) a person who announces important news; "the
          chieftain had a herald who announced his arrival with a
          trumpet" [syn: trumpeter]
     2: an indication of the approach of something or someone [syn:
        harbinger, forerunner, precursor]
     v 1: foreshadow or presage [syn: announce, annunciate, harbinger,
           foretell]
     2: praise vociferously [syn: acclaim, hail]
     3: greet enthusiastically or joyfully [syn: hail]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Herald \Her"ald\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Heralded; p. pr. & vb.
   n. Heralding.] [Cf. OF. herauder, heraulder.]
   To introduce, or give tidings of, as by a herald; to
   proclaim; to announce; to foretell; to usher in. --Shak.
Herald \Her"ald\, n. [OE. herald, heraud, OF. heralt, heraut,
   herault, F. h['e]raut, LL. heraldus, haraldus, fr. (assumed)
   OHG. heriwalto, hariwaldo, a (civil) officer who serves the
   army; hari, heri, army + waltan to manage, govern, G. walten;
   akin to E. wield. See Harry, Wield.]
   1. (Antiq.) 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.

Source: U.S. Gazetteer (1990) 

Herald, CA
  Zip code(s): 95638
Herald, IL
  Zip code(s): 62845