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forecrier

forecrier noun: one who forecries or makes announcements; a herald.

Noun

forecrier (plural not attested)

  1. (no plural, rare) One who forecries or makes announcements; a herald.
    • Not the bearer of glad tidings of great damnation. A forecrier of earthly rejuvenescence.1906 December, The Conservator, volume 17, page 155
    • In her right hand she held a head of corn with grains clustering on the top, and a sickle with sharpcutting blade, forecrier of harvest; […]1950, W. H. D. Rouse, transl., Nonnus Dionysiaca, volume 2, Harvard University Press, →OCLC

Forms of forecrier

alternative formforecryer

Origin of forecrier

Compare Middle English forecrier, forcryer, equivalent to forecry + -er. Cognate with Scots for-criare (“herald”).

Questions about forecrier

What does forecrier mean?
Forecrier means one who forecries or makes announcements; a herald.
What part of speech is forecrier?
Forecrier is a noun.

Words near forecrier in the dictionary

  1. forecover
  2. forecovers
  3. forecoxa
  4. forecoxae
  5. forecreated
  6. forecrier
  7. forecrop
  8. forecrops
  9. forecrown
  10. forecrowns
  11. forecry

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