/ˈkɹaɪɚ/, /ˈkraɪə/
OriginFrom Middle English criour, cryour, crier, from Old French crieor (Modern French crieur), derived from the verb crier. By surface analysis, cry + -er.
- 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.
Formscriers(plural) · cryer(alternative, archaic)