town crier

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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

Words nearby town crier

towmond, town, town and gown, town car, town clerk, town crier, towner, Townes, town gas, town hall, townhall clock

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How to use town crier in a sentence

The town crier would later speak the rumor into truth, announcing that all unmarried Jewish girls had to go to the town’s registration office, for reasons which would become clear “in due course.”
How One Writer Uncovered the Lost Histories of 999 Women and Girls Who Were Sent to Auschwitz|Suyin Haynes|January 27, 2021|Time
The middle-class town crier who spoke truth to Obama believed he could work miracles.
What Did Velma Hart Expect?|Tunku Varadarajan|September 21, 2010|DAILY BEAST
It was the Town Crier, with whom, as with a brother artist, he had picked acquaintance the day before.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol|William J. Locke
The third judge, who had thus far been silent, now called out in a veritable town-crier voice: Heede ye!
Marjorie Dean College Freshman|Pauline Lester

At the appointed hour the town-crier proclaimed the meeting, and the church-bells of the city also gave the annunciation.
Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851|Various
In the evening the town-crier went to and fro announcing the opening of the ball.
Over the Rocky Mountains to Alaska|Charles Warren Stoddard
Nathalie now played the part of town crier and rushed hither and thither inviting the guests to their camp nest in the woods.
Blue Robin, the Girl Pioneer|Rena I. Halsey

British Dictionary definitions for town crier

town crier

noun

(formerly) a person employed by a town to make public announcements in the streets

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

town crier

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