| 单词 | town crier |
| 释义 | > as lemmastown crier town crier n. a person employed to make public announcements in the streets or marketplace of a town; = crier n. 1a.Now only a ceremonial role. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > announcing or proclaiming > [noun] > announcer or proclaimer > town crier or bellman criera1387 bellman1391 beadlec1432 forcriera1440 common crier1535 town crier1560 lantern and candle man1592 night-walker1699 yelper1725 1560 Bible (Geneva) Ecclus. xx. 14 He openeth his mouthe like a towne crier. 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iii. ii. 3 I had as liue the towne cryer spoke my lines. 1712 F. Bragge Full & Impartial Acct. Discov. Sorcery & Witchcraft 13 Jane Wenham's Husband had desired Richard Harvey to speak to the Town-Crier at Hertford to cry down his wife. 1725 New Canting Dict. Yelper, a Town-Cryer; also, one subject to complain. 1867 A. Trollope Last Chron. Barset II. lix. 166 Her secret had been published, as it were, by the town-crier. 1987 Aiken (S. Carolina) Standard 13 Sept. 1/5 Thousands of schoolchildren, federal workers and tourists will be treated to..announcements from a ‘town crier’ and entertainment by a Ben Franklin lookalike. 1995 Guardian 20 Oct. 3/2 He is a town crier from Walsall. < as lemmas |
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