mourner

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Synonyms: mourned, mourne, morner

Antonyms: mourned, mourne, morner

Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.

Noun

1. Someone filled with or expressing grief or sadness, especially over a [[death]]; someone who [[mourn]]s.
2. A person attending a [[funeral]] or otherwise participating in rituals related to bereavement.
3. In certain cultures, a person hired to participate in funerary rituals, sometimes by making a conspicuous and/or conventional show of grief; [[hired mourner]].
4. Any of a number of [[suboscine]] birds in the related [[family|families]] {{taxfmt|Tityridae|family}} and {{taxfmt|Tyrannidae|family}}.

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