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Crier

//ˈkɹaɪɚ// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    One who cries.

    "Once again she had been stricken, beaten down, so violated that to give utterance to her feelings might have outshrilled all the criers in hell."

  2. 2
    a peddler who shouts to advertise the goods they sell wordnet
  3. 3
    An officer who proclaims the orders or directions of a court, or who gives public notice by loud proclamation, such as a town crier.
  4. 4
    (formerly) an official who made public announcements wordnet
  5. 5
    a person who weeps wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English criour, cryour, crier, from Old French crieor (Modern French crieur), derived from the verb crier. By surface analysis, cry + -er.

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