crier
Americannoun
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criers
plural
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a person who cries.
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a court or town official who makes public announcements.
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a hawker.
noun
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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
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Etymology
Origin of crier
1250–1300; Middle English criere < Old French. See cry, -er 1
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Are you a big crier in your everyday life?
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
It's St George's Day and the blow-up dragon is on hand, along with Swindon's town crier, to do a bit of PR on behalf of England.
From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026
The ignoble battle ends when a neighbor, Mrs. Prothero, shouts that her house is on fire, “announcing ruin like a town crier in Pompeii.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 19, 2025
She also told one poor CBB housemate who was getting on her nerves: "You'd make a great town crier!"
From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2025
I always did say that when Little Arliss cried he could shed more tears faster than any crier I ever saw.
From "Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson
Town criers have a history stretching back centuries, acting as official messengers long before the arrival of newspapers, radio and the internet.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026
Enlisting high cheekboned town criers isn’t the worst idea.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
Instead of caroling and ringing church bells, the most prominent sounds on Christmastide were now town criers calling: "No Christmas! No Christmas!"
From Salon ● Dec. 24, 2024
Fox News: It’s been said you and June Allyson were the town criers of MGM.
From Fox News ● Mar. 20, 2021
For a person like Lelia, who grew up with hollerers and criers, mine is the worst response.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
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