an official employed to oversee state ceremonial, precedence, and the use of armorial bearings, and (historically) to make proclamations, carry official messages, and oversee tournaments

a person or thing viewed as a sign that something is about to happen

they considered the first primroses as the herald of spring

a brown moth with dull orange markings, often hibernating in houses and old buildings

be a sign that (something) is about to happen

the speech heralded a change in policy