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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.

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Civil service

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Town crier

Nodes72
Edges71
Triples90
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.027778
Components1

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Town crier

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related to Americas · 25
Town crier → All, American Colonies, At, Boston, Comanches, Connecticut, During, Europeans, First Nations, Halifax, In, Los Angeles, Massachusetts, Mexico, Nakota, New Mexico, North America, Nova Scotia, Panama, Peru
related to Modern town criers · 13
Town crier → Ancient, Chester, England, Honourable Guild, In October, Informal, Local, Many, Subsequently, They, Town Criers, Wales, When
related to Competitions and records · 12
Town crier → American, Australian, Canada, Canadian, Daniel Richer, European, Gatineau, La Flêche, North American, Ottawa, The, World Championships
related to Further reading · 11
Town crier → Bellman, David Mitchell, For Crying Out Loud, History, ISBN, Mitchell, Past, Present, Street, The Story, The Word
related to Duties and functions · 8
Town crier → Anglo-Norman, Chester, Criers, French, In English-speaking, Oyez, The, Yes
related to Africa · 5
Town crier → Igboland, Nigeria, They, Town, West African
see also · 5
Town crier → Dead, Garth, Knocker-up, List, Street
related to Europe · 4
Town crier → In, Prior, Proclamations, Rome
related to External links · 4
Town crier → Media, Town, Wikimedia Commons, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
Activity sectors · 1
Town crier → Civil service

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town crier criers local also chester royal public century bellman england many attention city world records oyez used dressed read

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Town crierActivity sectorsCivil service1.00infobox
tax increasesinstance ofas they sometimes brought bad news0.80text
partition of landsinstance ofThe use of a tom-tom beating announcer is still defined in legal statutes for situations for public notification in situations0.80text
Town crierrelated to AfricaTown0.60section
Town crierrelated to AfricaIgboland0.60section
Town crierrelated to AfricaWest African0.60section
Town crierrelated to AfricaNigeria0.60section
Town crierrelated to AfricaThey0.60section
Town crierrelated to AmericasThere0.60section
Town crierrelated to AmericasNorth America0.60section
Town crierrelated to AmericasEuropeans0.60section
Town crierrelated to AmericasFirst Nations0.60section

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