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; […]