CRIER
What does "CRIER" mean?
A person who shouts out public announcements, especially a town crier in former times.
Meanings
- An officer who makes public announcements in a court of law or in a town's streets. The town crier rang his bell and bellowed the new tax into the market square.
- A person who cries or weeps. She was always the loud crier at sad films. informal
Word origin
From Old French 'criere', from 'crier' (to cry out, shout), from Latin 'quiritare' (to wail, shriek); the agent suffix '-er' marks the one who does the crying.
Remember it
A CRIER is a CRY-er: add the 'er' that turns the act of crying out into the person who does it.
A little poem
Bell first, then the bellowed news-
the town hears its own future read aloud
by a man paid to have no voice of his own.
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Wordplay
- I asked the town crier how business was. He said it was nothing to shout about - then shouted it anyway.
What it teaches
The one who carries the message is rarely the one who wrote it - delivery is not the same as authorship.
Quick facts
What does CRIER mean?
A person who shouts out public announcements, especially a town crier in former times.
Is CRIER a valid word?
Yes — CRIER is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is CRIER?
CRIER has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does CRIER come from?
From Old French 'criere', from 'crier' (to cry out, shout), from Latin 'quiritare' (to wail, shriek); the agent suffix '-er' marks the one who does the crying.
What can CRIER teach us?
The one who carries the message is rarely the one who wrote it - delivery is not the same as authorship.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.