1. (n.) A band used to prevent a stocking from slipping down on the leg.

2. (n.) The distinguishing badge of the highest order of knighthood in Great Britain, called the Order of the Garter, instituted by Edward III.; also, the Order itself.

3. (n.) Same as Bendlet.

4. (v. t.) To bind with a garter.

5. (v. t.) To invest with the Order of the Garter.

Clarenceux College of Arms Gabriel Garter Lyon Norroy Norroy and Ulster ancestor announce announcer antecede antecedent antedate anticipate avant-garde ballyhoo be before be early bellwether blare blare forth blaze blaze abroad blaze the trail blazon blazon about break the trail buccinator buccinator novi temporis bushwhacker celebrate come before commissar commissary commissionaire commissioner courier crier cry cry out declaim delegate earl marshal emissary envoy evangel evangelist explorer forebear foregoer forerun forerunner foreshadower foreshow front runner frontiersman fugleman give notice go before groundbreaker guide harbinger herald abroad herald angel innovator introduce king at arms king of arms lead lead runner leader legate messenger minister mouthpiece notify official spokesman outrider pathfinder pioneer point preannounce precede precedent precurse precursor predate predecessor preexist preindicate premonitor presage presager proclaim prolocutor prolocutress prolocutrix promulgate rapporteur reporter run before scout secretary shout speaker spokesman spokeswoman stormy petrel thunder thunder forth trailblazer trailbreaker trumpet trumpet forth usher in vanguard vaunt-courier voice voortrekker