crier

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈkraɪər/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈkraɪr/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(krī′ər)


WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
cri•er /ˈkraɪr/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. a person who cries.
  2. an official who makes public announcements.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
cri•er  (krī′ər),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. a person who cries.
  2. a court or town official who makes public announcements.
  3. a hawker.
  • Old French. See cry, -er1
  • Middle English criere 1250–1300

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
crier / ˈkraɪə/
  1. a person or animal that cries
  2. (formerly) an official who made public announcements, esp in a town or court
'crier' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
bellman - cry - decry - descry - havoc - muezzin - nomenclator - oyez - preconize - tipstaff - town crier

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