Crier
['kraɪə] or ['kraɪɚ]
Definition
(n.) One who cries; one who makes proclamation.
(n.) an officer who proclaims the orders or directions of a court, or who gives public notice by loud proclamation; as, a town-crier.
Typist: Ralph
Examples
- In short, I made Worcester's private business as public in a few hours, as though I had been employed for that purpose as town-crier. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- The air was full of the sound of criers and of people talking, thick streams of people moved on the pavements towards the solid crowd of the market. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
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