Word Origin and History for Chamorro Expand indigenous people of Guam and the Marianas Islands, from Spanish Chamorro, literally shorn, shaven, bald. Supposedly because the men shaved their heads, but the name also has been connected to native Chamoru, said to mean noble, so perhaps Chamorro is a Spanish folk etymology.
harbinger. n. 1. a person or thing that announces or indicates the approach of something; forerunner. 2. (Historical Terms) a person sent in advance of a royal party or army to obtain lodgings for them. vb.
(formerly) a royal or official messenger, especially one representing a monarch in an ambassadorial capacity during wartime. 2. a person or thing that precedes or comes before; forerunner; harbinger: the returning swallows, those heralds of spring. 3. a person or thing that proclaims or announces: A good newspaper should be a herald of truth.