wailer
wailer · wailers
плачка
плакальщица
Klagender, Klagende
One who wails or lamentsOne who wails or laments.
UK/ˈweɪlə/US/ˈweɪlɚ/
Meaning
3 sensesOne who wails or laments.
Klagender, Klagende
A professional hired mourner.
пла́кальщицаplákalʹščica
плачкаplačka
(historical)A boy employed to pick out stones, pyrites, etc. remaining in the coal after it is screened.
More definitions
- a mourner who utters long loud high-pitched cries
Translations
6 languagesУкраїнська
By meaning 1
a hired mourner:
Русский
By meaning 1
a hired mourner:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
one who wails:
Origin
From Middle English wayler, weilere; equivalent to wail + -er. From wail + -er; see wailFrom Middle English wayler, weilere; equivalent to wail + -er.
From wail + -er; see wail (“choose, select”).
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