mourner

English

Etymology

From Middle English mourner, mornere, equivalent to mourn + -er.

Pronunciation

Noun

mourner (plural mourners)

  1. Someone filled with or expressing grief or sadness, especially over a death; someone who mourns.
  2. Any of a number of suboscine birds in the related familes Tityridae and Tyrannidae.

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