crier

[krahy-er]

noun

1. a person who cries.

2. a court or town official who makes public announcements.

3. a hawker.

crier

/ ˈkraɪə /

noun

1. a person or animal that cries

2. (formerly) an official who made public announcements, esp in a town or court

3. a person who shouts advertisements about the goods he is selling

Other Word Forms

• undercrier noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of crier¹

1250–1300; Middle English criere < Old French. See cry, -er ¹

Example Sentences

"My mum cried when she found out... and she's not crier. She was so happy, because she knows it's my dream festival."

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He continued dance-walking down the long city block, the time-traveling Black town crier was waking up all those who would listen.

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“I’m a weird crier with movies. Like I won’t cry after I won the Super Bowl. I didn't cry when my kids were born,” he said.

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Instead of caroling and ringing church bells, the most prominent sounds on Christmastide were now town criers calling: "No Christmas! No Christmas!"

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“I am not a pretty crier,” she said.

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Related Words

• courier 
• emissary 
• go-between 
• mediator 
• prophet