May 13, 2026
harbinger
/ˈhɑːbɪndʒə/noun
Something or someone whose arrival is a sign that another thing is coming.
Example sentence
- “Dark clouds on the horizon were a harbinger of the storm to come.”
Formal and slightly literary; the fixed phrase is 'harbinger of doom', though spring flowers get called harbingers too. The g is soft: HAR-bin-jer.