noun
huer
noun
1
A person who shouts a warning or raises an alarm.
"The huer's cry sent everyone running for the doors."
2
Historically, a lookout stationed on a cliff in Cornwall who spotted shoals of pilchards and shouted directions to the fishing boats below.
"From his post on the headland, the huer signalled the boats the moment the pilchards turned silver in the bay."
How to Use Huer
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishSomeone whose job or role is to cry out an alarm — most specifically the old Cornish fish-spotter on the clifftop.
When to use it
Chiefly historical; you'll mostly meet this in writing about Cornwall's pilchard fishing industry.
Word Forms
huers plural
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Etymology
Built from the verb "hue" (to shout or raise a cry) plus the agent suffix "-er" — literally, "one who hues."