"criour" meaning in Middle English

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Noun

IPA: /kriːˈuːr/, /ˈkriːur/, /ˈkriːər/ Forms: criours [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Old French crieor; equivalent to crien (“to yell”) + -our. Etymology templates: {{bor+|enm|fro|crieor}} Borrowed from Old French crieor, {{af|enm|crien|-our|t1=to yell}} crien (“to yell”) + -our Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} criour, {{enm-noun}} criour (plural criours)
  1. A yeller or crier; one who shouts.
    Sense id: en-criour-enm-noun-8vjurqPy
  2. An individual employed to make public proclamations. Categories (topical): Occupations
    Sense id: en-criour-enm-noun-BM3vMGCI Disambiguation of Occupations: 26 51 23 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English terms suffixed with -our, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 11 52 38 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -our: 24 43 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 8 64 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 79 13
  3. (military, rare) A messenger or herald Tags: rare Categories (topical): Military, Communication
    Sense id: en-criour-enm-noun-xZwOT6ma Disambiguation of Communication: 9 16 75 Topics: government, military, politics, war
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: criare, crier, criere, crior, cryar, cryer, cryour

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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