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ˈhɑːbɪn(d)ʒə/
n.
a person or thing that announces or signals the approach of something.
Etymology
ME (orig. ‘a person who provides or goes ahead to find lodging’, later ‘a herald’): from OFr. herbergere, from herbergier ‘provide lodging for’, from herberge ‘lodging’, from Old Saxon heriberga ‘shelter for an army, lodging’.
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