Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One that cries, such as a person who sheds tears more readily than others.
- noun An official who announces the orders of a court of law.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who cries; one who makes an outcry or utters a public proclamation.
- noun Specifically— An officer whose duty is to proclaim the orders or commands of a court, announce the opening or adjournment of the court, preserve order, etc.
- noun One who makes public proclamation of sales, strays, lost goods, etc.; a town crier; an auctioneer.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who cries; one who makes proclamation.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who
cries . - noun An
officer who proclaims the orders or directions of a court, or who gives public notice by loudproclamation , such as atown crier .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (formerly) an official who made public announcements
- noun a person who weeps
- noun a peddler who shouts to advertise the goods he sells
Etymologies
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Examples
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I went to the bezestein, where I called a crier aside, and, showing him the necklace, told him I had a mind to sell it, and desired him to show it to the principal jewellers.
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After each point, the titled crier chants with a full voice in his old time tongue: "The but has so much, the refil has so much, gentlemen!"
Ramuntcho Pierre Loti 1886
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Then he called the crier, who came up and kissed the ground before him, and he said to him, 'Show me the girl thou art crying for sale.'
The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume I Anonymous 1879
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Then he called the crier, who came up and kissed the ground before him; and he said to him, "I want this slave-girl whom thou art calling for sale."
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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I went to the bazaar, where I called a crier aside, and shewing him the necklace, told him I wished to sell it, and desired him to show it to the principal jewellers.
The Arabian Nights Entertainments - Complete Anonymous 1791
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Then he called the crier, who came up and kissed the ground before him; and he said to him,
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For the garrulous voice of the crier is the voice of a hired servant, the words read by the proconsul from a written document constitute a judgement, which, once read, may not have one letter added to it or taken away, but so soon as it is delivered, is set down in the provincial records.
The Apologia and Florida of Apuleius of Madaura Lucius Apuleius 1914
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He then called the crier, who approached him, and kissed the ground before him; and the Wezir said to him, I desire this female slave whom thou art crying for sale.
Nights 32-36. The Story of Nur-Ed-din and Enis-El-Jelis. 1909
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The crier was a Buffalo, going at full speed from west to east.
Indian Boyhood 1902
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A man, whom we shall call the crier, stands between the columns and the first judges 'stand.
The Junior Classics — Volume 6 Old-Fashioned Tales William Patten 1902
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