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Brewer's: Aim-crier
An abettor, one who encourages. In archery, the person employed to “cry aim.” (See “aim”above.)
“Thou smiling aim-crier at princes' fall.”
“English Arcadia.”
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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