HARBEROUS
Har"ber*ous, a.
Defn: Harborous. [Obs.] A bishop must be faultless, the husband of one wife, honestly appareled, harberous. Tyndale (1 Tim. iii. 2)
HARBINGER Har"bin*ger, n. Etym: [OE. herbergeour, OF. herbergeor one who provides lodging, fr. herbergier to provide lodging, F. héberger, OF. herberge lodging, inn, F. auberge; of German origin. See Harbor.]
1. One who provides lodgings; especially, the officer of the English royal household who formerly preceded the court when traveling, to provide and prepare lodgings. Fuller.
2. A forerunner; a precursor; a messenger. I knew by these harbingers who were coming. Landor.
HARBINGER
Har"bin*ger, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Harbingered; p. pr. & vb. n.
Harbingering.]
Defn: To usher in; to be a harbinger of. "Thus did the star of religious freedom harbinger the day." Bancroft.
HARBOR Har"bor, n. [Written also harbour.] Etym: [OE herbor, herberwe, herberge, Icel. herbergi (cf. OHG. heriberga), orig., a shelter for soldiers; herr army + bjarga to save, help, defend; akin to AS. here army, G. heer, OHG. heri, Goth. harjis, and AS. beorgan to save, shelter, defend, G. bergen. See Harry, 2d Bury, and cf. Harbinger.]
1. A station for rest and entertainment; a place of security and comfort; a refuge; a shelter. [A grove] fair harbour that them seems. Spenser. For harbor at a thousand doors they knocked. Dryden.
2. Specif.: A lodging place; an inn. [Obs.] Chaucer.