Dictionary entry

Crier

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Cri″er (kr?″?r), n. [Cf. F. crieur. See Cry.] One who cries; one who makes proclamation. Specifically, an officer who proclaims 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.