Mourner

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Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Someone filled with or expressing grief or sadness, especially over a death; someone who mourns.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. One who mourns or is grieved at any misfortune, as the death of a friend.
  • n. One who attends a funeral as a hired mourner.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. One who mourns or laments.
  • n. One employed to attend funerals in a habit of mourning.
  • n. Anything associated with mourning.
  • n. In certain localities, at a funeral, one who is recognized as belonging to the circle of those most afflicted by the death and has a special place accordingly.
  • n. One who has the mourning of the chine.
  • n. A penitent, especially one who makes public announcement of a desire for salvation: used in Methodist churches.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a person who is feeling grief (as grieving over someone who has died)
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    Cross Reference
    Hyponym
    bearer    pallbearer    wailer    weeper   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    lamenter    weeper    howler    mute    keener   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Warner    corner    foreigner    horner    warner   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    worshipper    pilgrim    widower    admirer    on-looker    sufferer    spectator    follower    travelers    orphan