forecrier

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noun

One who forecries or makes announcements; a herald.

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Meanings

nounforecrier (plural not attested)

alternative forecryer

  1. no pluralrareOne 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
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    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

Origin

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

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APA

forecrier. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forecrier

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“forecrier.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forecrier. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “forecrier,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forecrier.

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