Heald vs. Herald

Healdnoun

(weaving) heddle

Healdnoun

A heddle.

Heald

Heald is a surname.

Heraldnoun

A messenger, especially one bringing important news.

Heraldnoun

A harbinger, giving signs of things to come.

Heraldnoun

(heraldry) An official whose speciality is heraldry, especially one between the ranks of pursuivant and king-of-arms.

Heraldnoun

(entomology) A moth of the species Scoliopteryx libatrix.

Heraldverb

(transitive) To proclaim or announce an event.

Heraldverb

To greet something with excitement; to hail.

Heraldnoun

An officer whose business was to denounce or proclaim war, to challenge to battle, to proclaim peace, and to bear messages from the commander of an army. He was invested with a sacred and inviolable character.

Heraldnoun

In the Middle Ages, the officer charged with the above duties, and also with the care of genealogies, of the rights and privileges of noble families, and especially of armorial bearings. In modern times, some vestiges of this office remain, especially in England. See Heralds' College (below), and King-at-Arms.

Heraldnoun

A proclaimer; one who, or that which, publishes or announces; as, the herald of another's fame.

Heraldnoun

A forerunner; a a precursor; a harbinger.

Heraldnoun

Any messenger.

Heraldverb

To introduce, or give tidings of, as by a herald; to proclaim; to announce; to foretell; to usher in.

Heraldnoun

(formal) a person who announces important news;

Heraldnoun

an indication of the approach of something or someone

Heraldverb

foreshadow or presage

Heraldverb

praise vociferously;

Heraldverb

greet enthusiastically or joyfully

Herald

A herald, or a herald of arms, is an officer of arms, ranking between pursuivant and king of arms. The title is commonly applied more broadly to all officers of arms.