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.”
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Indeed, although he works here in the old town, he lives in the new part of the city where he walks his dog in the morning.
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Their bodies were later found incinerated and buried in mass graves outside of town.
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The sheriff charged them with truancy, and then he and his officers ran them out of town.
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Some of the streets in this part of the town have seen large scale-destruction.
The Brothers Who Ambushed ISIS|Mohammed A. Salih|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The town, known in Arabic as Ayn al-Arab, is so significant to ISIS that the group calls it Ayn al-Islam.
The Brothers Who Ambushed ISIS|Mohammed A. Salih|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The Duchess had also a tent for their sick men; so that we had a small town of our own here, and every body employed.
The Life and Most Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner (1801)|Daniel Defoe
The garrison of the town and fortress was nearly three thousand strong.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
"I don't know whether I am going to like this or not--this coming to live in town," thought the little pig.
Squinty the Comical Pig|Richard Barnum
Of course it is only the hardiest Ferns which can be expected to grow well in the town garden.
How to Know the Ferns|S. Leonard Bastin
The sun was shining when they arrived at Salon, the gayest, the most coquettish, the most laughing little town in Provence.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol|William J. Locke

British Dictionary definitions for town crier

town crier

noun

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

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