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n. - An indication of the approach of something or someone v. - Foreshadow or presage..

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  • The true harbinger of spring is not crocuses or swallows returning to Capistrano, but the sound of a bat on a ball
  • I have to say I've never been called a harbinger before.
  • In some ways, they said, the midterms were not as bleak a harbinger as some Democrats fear.
  • In general mysticism, it has been called the harbinger of Enlightnment, which is the second stage.
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