crier

name

1. A surname.

noun

Etymology: From Middle English criour, cryour, crier, from Old French crieor (Modern French crieur), derived from the verb crier. By surface analysis, cry + -er.

1. One who cries.

   “Once again she had been stricken, beaten down, so violated that to give utterance to her feelings might have outshrilled all the criers in hell.”

2. An officer who proclaims the orders or directions of a court, or who gives public notice by loud proclamation, such as a town crier.