Crier
//ˈkɹaɪɚ// name, noun
name, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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 a peddler who shouts to advertise the goods they sell wordnet
- 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 (formerly) an official who made public announcements wordnet
- 5 a person who weeps wordnet
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname.
Example
More examples"And he made him go up into his second chariot, the crier proclaiming that all should bow their knee before him, and that they should know he was made governor over the whole land of Egypt."
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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