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Noun: crier  krI(-u)r
  1. A person who weeps
    - weeper
     
  2. (formerly) an official who made public announcements
    - town crier
     
  3. A pedlar who shouts to advertise the goods he sells

Derived forms: criers

Type of: announcer, bawler, bellower, hawker, packman [archaic], peddler [N. Amer], pedlar [Brit, Cdn], pitchman [N. Amer], roarer, screamer, screecher, shouter, unfortunate, unfortunate person, yeller

Encyclopedia: Crier