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Webster 1913 Edition


Crier

Cri′er

(kr?′?r)
,
Noun.
[Cf. F.
crieur
. See
Cry
.]
One who cries; one who makes proclamation.
Specifically,
an officer who proclaims the orders or directions of a court, or who gives public notice by loud proclamation;
as, a town-
crier
.
He openeth his mouth like a crier.
Ecclus. xx. 15.

Webster 1828 Edition


Crier

CRIER

, CRYER,
Noun.
[See Cry.] One who cries; one who makes proclamation. The crier of a court is an officer whose duty is to proclaim the orders or commands of the court, to open or adjourn the court, keep silence, &c. A crier is also employed to give notice of auctions, and for other purposes.

Definition 2024


Crier

Crier

See also: crier

English

Proper noun

Crier

  1. A surname.

crier

crier

See also: Crier

English

Noun

crier (plural criers)

  1. One who cries.
    • 1967, Richard M. Elman, The 28th day of Elul (page 94)
      Once again she had been stricken, beaten down, so violated that to give utterance to her feelings might have outshrilled all the criers in ****.
  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.

Anagrams


Aromanian

Alternative forms

  • crieru, criel, crielu

Etymology

Probably from Latin cerebellum through a Vulgar Latin root *crebellum (compare the variant form, which seems to still preserve the 'l') or possibly from cerebrum through a root *crebrum. Compare Daco-Romanian creier.

Noun

crier m (plural crieri)

  1. brain

Synonyms


French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʁi.je/

Etymology

From Old French crier, from Medieval Latin crīdāre (to clamour, cry out, publish, proclaim) (compare Spanish gritar, Catalan and Occitan cridar, Italian gridare). Perhaps from Latin quiritare (to shriek, wail) (--Diez), or from Frankish *krītan (to cry out, shout, proclaim), from Proto-Germanic *krītaną (to cry out, shout), from Proto-Indo-European *greid- (to shout). Akin to Middle Dutch crīten, krīten (Dutch krijten "to cry, cry out"), Middle Low German krīten "to shriek, cry out", Middle High German krīzen "to cry out loudly" (German kreissen "to wail in childbirth").

Verb

crier

  1. to cry out
  2. to shout
  3. to creak

Conjugation

Related terms

Anagrams


Norman

Etymology

From Old French crier, from Medieval Latin crīdāre (to clamour, cry out, publish, proclaim).

Verb

crier (gerund criethie)

  1. (Jersey) to shout

Old French

Alternative forms

  • crïer (some scholars use a diaeresis)
  • crider (La Vie de Saint Alexis, 11th century manuscripts)

Etymology

From Medieval Latin crīdāre (to clamour, cry out, publish, proclaim), from Frankish *krītan (to cry out, shout, proclaim), from Proto-Germanic *krītaną (to cry out, shout), from Proto-Indo-European *greid- (to shout). Akin to Middle Dutch crīten, krīten (Dutch kryten, krijten "to cry, cry out"), Middle Low German krīten "to shriek, cry out", Middle High German krīzen "to cry out loudly" (German kreissen "to wail in childbirth").

Verb

crier

  1. to cry out; to shout

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Descendants

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