1. crier(n = noun.person) weeper - a person who weeps;
is a kind of unfortunate, unfortunate person
has particulars: bawler, blubberer
Derived form verb cry2
2. crier(n = noun.person) town crier - (formerly) an official who made public announcements;
is a kind of announcer
Derived form verb cry4
3. crier(n = noun.person) - a peddler who shouts to advertise the goods he sells;
is a kind of hawker, packman, peddler, pedlar, pitchman, bawler, bellower, roarer, screamer, screecher, shouter, yeller
Derived form verb cry4
One who cries; one who makes proclamation. [1913 Webster]
"He openeth his mouth like a
crier, n. (also cryer)
1 a person who cries.
2 an officer who makes public announcements in a court of justice.
Idiom:
town (or common) crier hist. an officer employed by a town council etc. to make public announcements in the streets or market-place.
Etymology:
ME f. AF criour, OF criere f. crier CRY
N messenger, envoy, emissary, legate, nuncio, internuncio, ambassador, marshal, flag bearer, herald, crier, trumpeter, bellman, pursuivant, parlementaire, apparitor, courier, runner, dak, estafette, Mercury, Iris, Ariel, commissionaire, errand boy, chore boy, newsboy, mail, overnight mail, express mail, next-day delivery, post, post office, letter bag, delivery service, United Parcel Service, UPS, Federal Express, Fedex, telegraph, telephone, cable, wire (electronic information transmission), carrier pigeon, (news) 532 reporter, gentleman of the press, representative of the press, penny-a-liner, special correspondent, own correspondent, spy, scout, informer.