Cryer

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cryer \Cry"er\ (-?r), n. [F. faucon gruyer a falcon trained to
     fly at the crane, fr. crye crane, fr. L. crus crane. Cf.
     {Cryal}.]
     The female of the hawk; a falcon-gentil.
     [1913 Webster]



From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  CRYER, practice. An officer in a court whose duty it is to make various 
  proclamations ordered by the court.