crier/ˈkɹaɪɚ/EtymologyFrom Middle English criour, cryour, crier, from Old French crieor (Modern French crieur), derived from the verb crier. By surface analysis, cry + -er.crier means A surname. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 79 out of 100.crier is pronounced /ˈkɹaɪɚ/.nameA surname.nounOne 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.”An officer who proclaims the orders or directions of a court, or who gives public notice by loud proclamation, such as a town crier.