crier

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Editorial note

The town crier will tell you all about it when the sun dial points at XI.

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Quick take

a person who weeps

Meaning at a glance

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noun

a person who weeps

noun

(formerly) an official who made public announcements

noun

a peddler who shouts to advertise the goods he sells

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for crier.

noun

a person who weeps

noun

(formerly) an official who made public announcements

noun

a peddler who shouts to advertise the goods he sells

Example sentences

The town crier will tell you all about it when the sun dial points at XI.

Perhaps I should be a town crier for the Rust project to market all things Rust.𝔒𝔶𝔢𝔷!, 𝔒𝔶𝔢𝔷!, 𝔒𝔶𝔢𝔷!

Dispatching work with slack is like trying to command an army via town crier.

So while they cant keep your password in cleartext, they are free to send it by email, text message, or town crier.

[0]:“Therefore I became the public crier of this basic, partisan, warlike conception.

At least we can give away our decision making to a myriad of sources, instead of picking between three television channels and the town crier.

But try to make a rabid liberal "muhhh democracy" crier understand this and they'll retort with nonsensical and false moral equivalents.

I believe this was how it used to be before the invention of the printing press [1]> Royal pronouncements typically used a written document posted on the drawbridge, castle door or main bridge into the village, but residents needed the crier to announce the information for those who were unable to read.