crier UK /ˈkraɪə/US /ˈkɹaɪɚ/ noun2 •One who cries.Once again she had been stricken, beaten down, so violated that to give utterance to her feelings might have outshrilled all the criers in hell. — 1967 •An officer who proclaims the orders or directions of a court, or who gives public notice by loud proclamation, such as a town crier. formscriers