the.com/herald
the messenger who arrived first and got remembered longest for someone else's news
means A herald is a person or thing that announces or signals the coming of something, whether a royal messenger of old or, more loosely, a sign that something is on its way.
from From Old French 'herault,' likely rooted in a Germanic source — possibly compounds meaning something like 'army' (har-) plus 'ruler' or 'wielder' (-wald), the figure who managed and proclaimed before the host. By medieval times heralds were the officials who carried messages between rulers, announced tournaments, and kept track of coats of arms — which is why 'heraldry' still means the study of such emblems. The sense of 'one who announces what's coming' broadened naturally from the messenger to anything that signals an arrival, as in spring being heralded by the first buds.
- royal job
- heralds still officially design British coats of arms
- war truce
- medieval heralds crossed battlefields unharmed under protected status
- newspaper magnet
- hundreds of papers named themselves Herald to sound urgent
- angel work
- heralds announce; in carols, angels do the singing version
- word origin
- rooted in old Germanic for army-commander
the herald scotland — scottish newspaper founded in 1783, still published daily in glasgow
herald sun melbourne — australian tabloid newspaper founded in 1840, largest circulation in victoria
new york herald — major american newspaper founded by james gordon bennett in 1835, dominated 19th century journalism