harbinger • \HAR-bin-jer\ • noun
1 : one that pioneers in or initiates a major change : precursor
*2 : one that presages or foreshadows what is to come
Example sentence:
"More often than not, robins are year-round residents…[L]et hummingbirds and orioles be your harbingers of spring." (Scott Shalaway, Charleston Gazette, January 30, 2005)
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