Village Crier

Village

A village is a human settlement or a residential community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town; some geographers describe villages as having between 500 and 2,500 inhabitants. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighborhoods. Villages are normally permanent, with fixed dwellings, however, transient villages also exist. Further, the dwellings of a village are fairly close to one another, not scattered broadly over the landscape, as a dispersed settlement.

Town crier

A town crier, also called a bellman, is an officer of a royal court or public authority who makes public pronouncements as required.

village

Noun

1. A rural habitation of size between a hamlet and a town.
2. A rural habitation that has a church, but no market.

crier

Noun

1. One who cries.
2. An officer who proclaims the orders or directions of a court, or who gives public notice by loud proclamation, such as a town crier.