town crier
1Town crier — Crier redirects here. For other uses, see Crier (disambiguation). For the newspaper published in Toronto, see Town Crier (newspaper). Town crier of Provincetown, Massachusetts in 1909 A town crier, or bellman, is an officer of the court who makes …
2Town-crier — Town cri er, n. A town officer who makes proclamations to the people; the public crier of a town. [1913 Webster] …
3town crier — town criers N COUNT In former times, a town crier was a man whose job was to walk through the streets of a town shouting out news and official announcements …
4town crier — n someone employed in the past to walk around the streets of a town, shouting news, warnings etc …
5town crier — noun count someone whose job in the past was to walk around a town shouting news and important announcements …
6town crier — n. a person who formerly cried public announcements through the streets of a village or town …
7town-crier — to dike: see town 9, 10 …
8town crier — ► NOUN historical ▪ a person employed to make public announcements in the streets …
9town crier — noun (formerly) an official who made public announcements • Syn: ↑crier • Derivationally related forms: ↑cry (for: ↑crier) • Hypernyms: ↑announcer …
10town crier — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms town crier : singular town crier plural town criers someone whose job in the past was to walk around a town shouting news and important announcements …