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crier

/ˈkɹaɪə/KRIGH-ur
/ˈkɹaɪɚ/KRIGH-ur

Meaningone who cries out

Common meaning: an official who makes public announcements

Journey through time

  1. Old Frenchcrier‘to cry’source
  2. Middle Englishcriensource
  3. Englishcry‘to call out’
  4. Englishformed in English from crycrier‘an official who makes public announcements’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Formed in English from cry + -er.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), CRY, p.145 · scan

Source words

  • crier Old French · source word “to call out”

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