Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as crier.
  • noun The female or young of the goshawk, Astur palumbarius, called falcon-gentle.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The female of the hawk; a falcon-gentil.

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  • noun Archaic form of crier.

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Examples

  • And returning with him, among others, Lawton Smalls, the best comedic "cryer" since SCTV's Johnny LaRue (John Candy) back when Johnny was begging station owner Guy Cabellero not to make him go out into the snowy cold to host the latest installment of Street Beef.

    O Frabjous Day: James Wolcott Wolcott, James, 1952- 2009

  • What one cannot know until one lives in the Chiapas Highlands around San Cristóbal is that most news is still delivered on morning radio programs as in the old town cryer days.

    Any Chiapas backroad driving experts? 2009

  • What one cannot know until one lives in the Chiapas Highlands around San Cristóbal is that most news is still delivered on morning radio programs as in the old town cryer days.

    Any Chiapas backroad driving experts? 2009

  • What one cannot know until one lives in the Chiapas Highlands around San Cristóbal is that most news is still delivered on morning radio programs as in the old town cryer days.

    Any Chiapas backroad driving experts? 2009

  • What one cannot know until one lives in the Chiapas Highlands around San Cristóbal is that most news is still delivered on morning radio programs as in the old town cryer days.

    Any Chiapas backroad driving experts? 2009

  • What one cannot know until one lives in the Chiapas Highlands around San Cristóbal is that most news is still delivered on morning radio programs as in the old town cryer days.

    Any Chiapas backroad driving experts? 2009

  • What one cannot know until one lives in the Chiapas Highlands around San Cristóbal is that most news is still delivered on morning radio programs as in the old town cryer days.

    Any Chiapas backroad driving experts? 2009

  • What one cannot know until one lives in the Chiapas Highlands around San Cristóbal is that most news is still delivered on morning radio programs as in the old town cryer days.

    Any Chiapas backroad driving experts? 2009

  • What one cannot know until one lives in the Chiapas Highlands around San Cristóbal is that most news is still delivered on morning radio programs as in the old town cryer days.

    Any Chiapas backroad driving experts? 2009

  • What one cannot know until one lives in the Chiapas Highlands around San Cristóbal is that most news is still delivered on morning radio programs as in the old town cryer days.

    Any Chiapas backroad driving experts? 2009

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