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Meanings of crier in English

Catalan
ploramiques

A person who weeps.

        ploramiques
        Catalan
        pregoner

        (Formerly) an official who made public announcements.

              pregoner
              Usage of crier in English
              1
              This news might add to Bidwell's impression of him as a wolf-crier.
              Speaks the Nightbird
              2
              Another Franciscan friar and the town crier were waiting on the platform.
              The hangman's daughter
              3
              I imagine this was no case of the town-crier being sent out.
              Joyce of the North Woods
              4
              The crier raised his hands, and a hush settled over the crowd.
              The darkness before the dawn
              5
              People enter bearing a cap upon a pole, followed by a crier.
              Wilhelm Tell
              6
              That Mrs. Stantiloup has a tongue as loud as the town-crier's bell.
              Dr. Wortle's School
              7
              A second later Reggie is racing through Barnes Richardson like a town crier.
              The way of the world
              8
              Now the crier called the train ready and they got on.
              Sister Carrie: A Novel
              9
              A crier runs back and forth without the temple to proclaim the taboo.
              The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai
              10
              Outside the working men's club window, Marr blew his tiny town-crier trumpet again.
              The Guardian
              11
              The chief says he will give thanks for them. So shouted the crier.
              Myths and Legends of the Great Plains
              12
              Andrew was beginning to think the girl was the town crier.
              Water, stone, heart
              13
              Here we see something to remind us of the town-crier and his ding-dong-bell.
              Twice-Told Tales
              14
              Then the town-crier appeared, instantly causing the staggering groups to cluster into one.
              My Home in the Field of Honor
              15
              The crier obeys by striking off the King's hats with the wooden sword.
              The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion
              16
              The crier was a Buffalo, going at full speed from west to east.
              Indian Boyhood
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