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.
stride (third-person singular simple present strides, present participle striding, simple past strode, past participle stridden or strode or strid) (intransitive) To walk with long steps. Dryden Mars in the middle of the shining shield / Is graved, and strides along the liquid field.