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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun crier has 3 senses
- crier(n = noun.person) weeper - a person who weeps; Array is a kind of unfortunate, unfortunate person
- crier(n = noun.person) town crier - (formerly) an official who made public announcements; Array is a kind of announcer
- crier(n = noun.person) Array - a peddler who shouts to advertise the goods he sells; Array is a kind of hawker, packman, peddler, pedlar, pitchman, bawler, bellower, roarer, screamer, screecher, shouter, yeller
has particulars: bawler, blubberer
Derived form verb cry2
Derived form verb cry4
Derived form verb cry4
CIDE DICTIONARY
crier, n. [Cf. F. crieur. See Cry.].
One who cries; one who makes proclamation. [1913 Webster]
"He openeth his mouth like a crier ."
[1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
crier, n. (also cryer)
1 a person who cries.
2 an officer who makes public announcements in a court of justice.
1 a person who cries.
2 an officer who makes public announcements in a court of justice.
Idiom
town (or common) crier hist. an officer employed by a town council etc. to make public announcements in the streets or market-place.
Etymology
ME f. AF criour, OF criere f. crier CRY
ROGET THESAURUS
crier
Messenger
N messenger, envoy, emissary, legate, nuncio, internuncio, ambassador, marshal, flag bearer, herald, crier, trumpeter, bellman, pursuivant, parlementaire, apparitor, courier, runner, dak, estafette, Mercury, Iris, Ariel, commissionaire, errand boy, chore boy, newsboy, mail, overnight mail, express mail, next-day delivery, post, post office, letter bag, delivery service, United Parcel Service, UPS, Federal Express, Fedex, telegraph, telephone, cable, wire (electronic information transmission), carrier pigeon, (news) 532 reporter, gentleman of the press, representative of the press, penny-a-liner, special correspondent, own correspondent, spy, scout, informer.
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