Cri"er (kr?"?r), n. [Cf. F. crieur. See Cry.]

One who cries; one who makes proclamation. Specifically, an officer who proclams 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.

 

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