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crier definition

crier (krī′ər)

noun

  1. a person who cries
    1. an official who shouts out announcements, as in a court
    2. town crier
  3. a person who shouts out announcements about his or her wares; huckster

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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