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crier|ˈkraɪə(r)|
Forms: 4–5 criere, -are, -our, cryour, 5–6 cryar, 6 criar, 5–9 cryer, 4– crier.
[ME. criere, a. OF. criere, nom. of crieur, agent-n. f. crier to cry: see -er.]
1. gen. One who cries.
c1380Wyclif Serm. Sel. Wks. II. 11 Joon was a vois of a Criere in desert. 1593Nashe Christ's T. (1613) 105 You are none of these cryers vnto God. 1748Richardson in Four C. Eng. Lett. 196 Simplicity is all their cry; yet hardly do these criers know what they mean by the noble word. 1767S. Paterson Another Trav. II. 5 Some will join the cryers-up, and others the cryers-down. 1892Harper's Mag. 269/1 You were always a pretty crier, mother.
2. spec.
a. An officer in a court of justice who makes the public announcements, acts as preserver of order, etc.
[1292Britton i. xxii. §18 Et des criours, si nul prenge plus qe le establisement de noster estatut.] c1400Apol. Loll. 8 If a bedel, or criare, schewe þe fre graunt of his lord. 1541Act 33 Hen. VIII, c. 12 §19 The saide clerkes..shal..appoint a criar to make proclamacions, and to call the iuries, and to do other thinges as becometh a criar of a court to do. a1633Austin Medit. (1635) 195 The Crier goes before the Judge. 1768–74Tucker Lt. Nat. (1852) II. 445 Their crier calls out, ‘Make way for the grand jury!’ 1882W. Ballantine Exper. xvi. 158 A remark made by the crier of the court to a friend.
b. One appointed in a town or community to make public announcements; a common, or town crier.
1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) I. 247 (Mätzn.) A cryour schulde stonde vppon a toure, and..he schulde crie: Calo. a1400Barlaam & Josaphat 348 A Crior to stonde þer ate Wiþ a Trompe for to blowe þat alle men mihte hit wel i knowe. c1440Promp. Parv. 103/1 Cryar, he þat cryethe yn a merket, or in a feyre, declamator, preco. a1533Ld. Berners Huon xxvii. 84 Get a cryer and make to be cryed in euery merket place and strete. 1680Lond. Gaz. No. 1529/4 Whoever can give notice of him to..the City Cryer, they shall be well rewarded. 1726Leoni Alberti's Archit. II. 6 b, All common Cryers were excluded from the Temple. 1837W. Irving Capt. Bonneville II. 265 Repeated by a crier for the benefit of the whole village.
c. One who cries goods for sale: † (a) as auctioneer or agent for others (obs.); (b) as hawker on his own account.
1553N. Grimalde Cicero's Offices (1556) 107 To put the goodes of the citizens in y⊇ cryers mouthe. 1598Florio, Incantare..to sell goods by a crier, at who giues most. 1653H. Cogan Pinto's Trav. iv. 8, I was the first that was put to sale: whereupon, just as the Cryer was offering to deliver me unto whomsoever would buy me. 1727Pope Art of Sinking 115 Common cryers and hawkers, who by redoubling the same words persuade people to buy their oysters, green hastings, or new ballads. 1843Lytton Last Bar. ii. i, The whole ancient family of the London criers. c1850Arab. Nts. (Rtldg.) 683 He saw a crier going about with a carpet..which he offered to put up for sale.
†3. ? A kind of small bell used as a call. Obs.
1467Will of Langewith (Somerset Ho.), A small belle called a cryer. |