Meaning

2 senses
  1. One who cries.

    a person who weeps

  2. An officer who proclaims the orders or directions of a court, or who gives public notice by loud proclamation, such as a town crier.

    Schreier, Schreierin

Examples

3 sentences
  1. Sami isn't a crier at all.

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  2. Mennad is not a crier.

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  3. Town criers used to tell people what they must do, according to the king's orders.

    deStadtausrufer sagten den Leute früher, was sie gemäß den Anordnungen des Königs tun sollten.

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Translations

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Deutsch
By meaning 1
one who gives public notice by proclamation:

Origin

From Middle English criour, cryour, crier, from Old French crieor (Modern French crieur),

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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Forms

plural: criers

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • (formerly) an official who made public announcements:town crier
  • a person who weeps:weeper

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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