name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
crier
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American: /ˈkɹaɪɚ/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkraɪə/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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rhymes with -aɪə(ɹ)
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CMU ARPABET: K R AY1 ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
One who cries.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
An officer who proclaims the orders or directions of a court, or who gives public notice by loud proclamation, such as a town crier.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 4
a peddler who shouts to advertise the goods he sells
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: peddler, pedlar, packman, hawker, pitchman, roarer, bawler, bellower, screamer, screecher, shouter, yeller
noun
Meaning 5
(formerly) an official who made public announcements
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: town crier
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: announcer
noun
Meaning 6
a person who weeps
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: weeper
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: unfortunate, unfortunate person
Narrower terms: bawler, blubberer
History
Etymology
From Middle English criour, cryour, crier, from Old French crieor (Modern French crieur), derived from the verb crier. By surface analysis, cry + -er.
Across languages
Translations
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Azerbaijani: çovuş — one who gives public notice by proclamation
- Bulgarian: глашатай (glašataj) — one who gives public notice by proclamation
- Dutch: omroeper — one who gives public notice by proclamation
- German: Schreier — one who gives public notice by proclamation
- German: Schreierin — one who gives public notice by proclamation
- Latin: praecō — one who gives public notice by proclamation
- Middle English: criour — one who gives public notice by proclamation