crier
Americannoun
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a person or animal that cries
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(formerly) an official who made public announcements, esp in a town or court
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a person who shouts advertisements about the goods he is selling
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of crier
1250–1300; Middle English criere < Old French. See cry, -er 1
Example Sentences
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“I’m not a big crier, but I just lost it.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 8, 2026
He continued dance-walking down the long city block, the time-traveling Black town crier was waking up all those who would listen.
From Salon • Jun. 10, 2025
Early SigAlerts had rather a small-town feel, like a town crier.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 11, 2024
Margaret Boyce is soft-spoken, a private person, and certainly not - in her words - a "crier".
From BBC • Feb. 25, 2024
There was a crier, who cried news as a modern newspaper prints headlines—"The Master of Stormhold Suffers a Mysterious Malady!"
From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman
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