forecrier

English

Alternative forms
  • forecryer

Etymology

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

Noun

forecrier (plural not attested)

  1. (very rare) One who forecries or makes announcements; a herald.
    • 1906 December, The Conservator, volume 17, page 155:
      Not the bearer of glad tidings of great damnation. A forecrier of earthly rejuvenescence.
    • 1950, W. H. D. Rouse, transl., Nonnus Dionysiaca, volume 2, Harvard University Press, →OCLC:
      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; […]
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