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proclaimer|prəʊˈkleɪmə(r)|
[f. as prec. + -er1.]
One who proclaims or publicly announces.
1548Udall Erasm. Par. Luke iii. 29 The kyngdome of heauen..wherof Jhon the soonne of Zacharie was chosen and specially appuincted to bee an open preacher, and proclamer. 1579Fulke Heskins's Parl. 27 Hee chargeth the proclamer with slaundering their Churche. 1604Hieron Wks. I. 522 Spreaders abroad and proclaimers of Gods truth. 1671Milton P.R. i. 18 Now had the great Proclaimer with a voice More awful then the sound of Trumpet, cri'd Repentance. 1879Maclear St. Mark xiv. 158 The Celebrant or Proclaimer of the Feast.
b. spec. The official who proclaims the number drawn in a lottery.
1775in Hone Every-day Bk. (1827) II. 1464 The proclaimer is not to suffer [the boy who draws the tickets]..to leave the wheel without being first examined by the manager. |