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English

Pronunciation


Noun

  1. One who cry|cries; one who makes proclamation.
  2. an officer who proclaims the orders or directions of a court, or who gives public notice by loud proclamation; as, a town crier.


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French

Pronunciation

  • An audio transcript can be found at Fr-crier.ogg
  • IPA: /kʁi.je/
  • w:SAMPA|SAMPA: /kRi.je/


Verb

crier

  1. to cry
  2. to shout


Conjugation

Related terms


de:crier el:crier fr:crier io:crier id:crier sw:crier ja:crier ru:crier fi:crier te:crier vi:crier zh:crier

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Crier \Cri"er\ (kr?"?r), n. [Cf. F. crieur. See Cry.]
One who cries; one who makes proclamation. Specifically, an
officer who proclaims the orders or directions of a court, or
who gives public notice by loud proclamation; as, a
town-crier.
[1913 Webster]

He openeth his mouth like a crier. --Ecclus. xx.
15.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet crier
n 1: a person who weeps [syn: weeper]
2: (formerly) an official who made public announcements [syn: {town
crier}]
3: a peddler who shouts to advertises the goods he sells
CRIER. An inferior officer of a court, whose duty it is to open and adjourn the court, when ordered by the judges; to make proclamations and obey the directions of the court in anything which concerns the administration of justice.
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