crier
Valid in Scrabble
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- 7
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- 8
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Definition of crier
3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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One who cries.
“Once again she had been stricken, beaten down, so violated that to give utterance to her feelings might have outshrilled all the criers in hell.”
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noun
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One who cries.
“Once again she had been stricken, beaten down, so violated that to give utterance to her feelings might have outshrilled all the criers in hell.”
- An officer who proclaims the orders or directions of a court, or who gives public notice by loud proclamation, such as a town crier.
name
- A surname.
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Etymology
From Middle English criour, cryour, crier, from Old French crieor (Modern French crieur), derived from the verb crier. By surface analysis, cry + -er.
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