mourner
Someone filled with or expressing grief or sadness, especially over a deathSomeone filled with or expressing grief or sadness, especially over a death; someone who mourns.
» There were no mourners.
Meaning
4 sensesSomeone filled with or expressing grief or sadness, especially over a death; someone who mourns.
Trauernder, Trauernde
пла́кальщикplákalʹščik
a person who is feeling grief (as grieving over someone who has died)
A person attending a funeral or otherwise participating in rituals related to bereavement.
In certain cultures, a person hired to participate in funerary rituals, sometimes by making a conspicuous and/or conventional show of grief; hired mourner.
Any of a number of suboscine birds in the related familes Tityridae and Tyrannidae.
Examples
3 sentencesThere were no mourners.
Mourners wear black at funerals.
Tens of thousands of mourners attended Matoub's funeral in his native village.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English mourner, mornere, equivalent to mourn + -er.From Middle English mourner, mornere, equivalent to mourn + -er.
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