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.
Definition of stride. 1  1a : a cycle of locomotor movements (as of a horse) completed when the feet regain the initial relative positions; also : the distance traversed in a strideb : the most effective natural pace : maximum competence or capability âoften used in the phrase hit one's stride. 2  2 : a long step. 3  3 : an act of striding.