beweeper

English

Etymology

From Middle English biweper, equivalent to beweep +‎ -er.

Noun

beweeper (plural beweepers)

  1. (rare) One who beweeps or laments someone or something.
    • 1917, Philip M. Raskin, “Spring and Autumn”, in Songs of a Wanderer‎, Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society of America, page 224:
      The cornfield, laid waste by the reaper,
      In mourning robes deeper and deeper,
      The heaven, dead summer’s beweeper,
      Shed tears for the joys that depart.
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