crier
crier is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.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.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- ambassador
- apparitor
- bag
- bearer
- bellman
- boy
- cable
- carrier
- chore
- commissionaire
- correspondent
- courier
- dak
- delivery
- diplomatist
- electronic
- emissary
- envoy
- errand
- estafette
- express
- flag
- gentleman
- herald
- information
- informer
- internuncio
- legate
- letter
- marshal
- messenger
- news
- newsboy
- nuncio
- office
- overnight
- own
- penny-a-liner
- person
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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