"forecrier" meaning in English

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "forecrier"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English forecrier",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "forcryer"
      },
      "expansion": "forcryer",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "forecry",
        "3": "er",
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      },
      "expansion": "forecry + -er",
      "name": "suffix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "for-criare",
        "t": "herald"
      },
      "expansion": "Scots for-criare (“herald”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Compare Middle English forecrier, forcryer, equivalent to forecry + -er. Cognate with Scots for-criare (“herald”).",
  "head_templates": [
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      "expansion": "forecrier (plural not attested)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1906 December, The Conservator, volume 17, page 155",
          "text": "Not the bearer of glad tidings of great damnation. A forecrier of earthly rejuvenescence.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1950, W. H. D. Rouse, transl., Nonnus Dionysiaca, volume 2, Harvard University Press, →OCLC",
          "text": "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; […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "One who forecries or makes announcements; a herald."
      ],
      "id": "en-forecrier-en-noun-dMUL~CHq",
      "links": [
        [
          "forecries",
          "forecry"
        ],
        [
          "announcement",
          "announcement"
        ],
        [
          "herald",
          "herald"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(very rare) One who forecries or makes announcements; a herald."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "forecryer"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "no-plural",
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "forecrier"
}

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "forecrier"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English forecrier",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "forcryer"
      },
      "expansion": "forcryer",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "forecry",
        "3": "er",
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      },
      "expansion": "forecry + -er",
      "name": "suffix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "for-criare",
        "t": "herald"
      },
      "expansion": "Scots for-criare (“herald”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Compare Middle English forecrier, forcryer, equivalent to forecry + -er. Cognate with Scots for-criare (“herald”).",
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    {
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      "expansion": "forecrier (plural not attested)",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun)",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with rare senses"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1906 December, The Conservator, volume 17, page 155",
          "text": "Not the bearer of glad tidings of great damnation. A forecrier of earthly rejuvenescence.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1950, W. H. D. Rouse, transl., Nonnus Dionysiaca, volume 2, Harvard University Press, →OCLC",
          "text": "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; […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "One who forecries or makes announcements; a herald."
      ],
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        [
          "forecries",
          "forecry"
        ],
        [
          "announcement",
          "announcement"
        ],
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          "herald",
          "herald"
        ]
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        "(very rare) One who forecries or makes announcements; a herald."
      ],
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "forecryer"
    }
  ],
  "word": "forecrier"
}