town crier
noun
(formerly) a person employed by a town to make public announcements or proclamations, usually by shouting in the streets.
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Origin of town crier
First recorded in 1595–1605
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Examples from the Web for town crier
Historical Examples of town crier
The words he said might have been published by the town-crier.
The town-crier had evidently ceased to read the proclamation.
The Elusive PimpernelBaroness Emmuska Orczy
After a while, the constable got a deputy to whom he made over his business of town-crier.
A Boy's TownW. D. Howells
The Count's whiskers are white with the flour just flung at him by the town-crier.
Stray Studies from England and ItalyJohn Richard Greene
But it was only a town-crier beating his drum to call the people together.
The Honor of the NameEmile Gaboriau
town crier
noun
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