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town crier

noun

Meaning

  1. A person who is employed by a town council to make public announcements in the streets
  2. (by extension) A gossip

Etymology / origin

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Related words

crier(English)outcrier(English)speech-crier(English)sayer(English)announcer(English)townman(English)herald(English)town dweller(English)

Descendant words

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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