English Explanatory Dictionary

mourner

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Someone filled with or expressing grief or sadness, especially over a death; someone who mourns.
  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 familes Tityridae and Tyrannidae.

Pronunciation

môrnʹər /ˈmɔɹnɚ/ mônʹə /ˈmɔːnə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mourner.wav mōrnʹə /ˈmo(ː)ɹnɚ/ /ˈmoənə/ mo͝ornʹər /ˈmʊɹnɚ/ mo͝ornʹə /ˈmʊənə/

Word forms

mourner mourners

Etymology

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

Derived words

hired mourner mourneress
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