A precursor or harbinger, a warning ahead.
By extension, a non-competitor who leads out the competitors on to the circuit, or who runs/rides the course prior to competitor trials, usually testing or checking the way.
A postage stamp used in the time before a region or area issues stamps of its own.
A runner at the front or ahead.
A forebear, an ancestor, a predecessor.
A harbinger, giving signs of things to come.
A handbill consisting of an advertisement.
An official whose speciality is heraldry, especially one between the ranks of pursuivant and king-of-arms.
A messenger, especially one bringing important news.
A moth of the species Scoliopteryx libatrix.
To proclaim or announce an event.
To greet something with excitement; to hail.