Crossword clues for mourner
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Mourner \Mourn"er\ (m[=o]rn"[~e]r), n.
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One who mourns or is grieved at any misfortune, as the death of a friend.
His mourners were two hosts, his friends and foes.
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One who attends a funeral as a hired mourner.
Mourners were provided to attend the funeral.
--L'Estrange.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c., agent noun from mourn (v.).
Wiktionary
n. Someone filled with or expressing grief or sadness, especially over a death; someone who mourns.
WordNet
Wikipedia
A mourner is someone who is attending a funeral or who is otherwise recognized as in a period of grief and mourning prescribed either by religious law or by popular custom. Many cultures expect mourners to curtail certain activities, usually those considered frivolous or that are accompanied by expressions of joy.
Mourner is the common name used for several Neotropical birds from families Tityridae and Tyrannidae.
Usage examples of "mourner".
Thus attended, the hapless mourner entered the place, and, according to the laudable hospitality of England, which is the only country in Christendom where a stranger is not made welcome to the house of God, this amiable creature, emaciated and enfeebled as she was, must have stood in a common passage during the whole service, had not she been perceived by a humane gentlewoman, who, struck with her beauty and dignified air, and melted with sympathy at the ineffable sorrow which was visible in her countenance, opened the pew in which she sat, and accommodated Monimia and her attendant.
The little group of mourners began to move away from the graveside - all except Barnacle, who lingered.
Roger had a sudden vision of the two of them, Jamie and himself, standing now at the edge of this cavernous hole, like bedraggled mourners at a graveside.
The black cloaks of his companions gave them the look of mourners at a funeral, buriers of the dead.
His heart still bore the burthen of its sorrow, and he felt more sure of the sympathy of the afflicted mourner, than of one who looked untouched by any adversity.
Again, in the Arunta tribe mourners smear themselves with white pipeclay, and the motive for this custom is said to be to render themselves more conspicuous, so that the ghost may see and be satisfied that he is being properly mourned for.
We stood side by side in silence, like mourners at some premillennial funeral procession, watching the grav bed and its burden arrive.
Scrooge was his sole executor, his sole administrator, his sole assign, his sole residuary legatee, his sole friend, and sole mourner.
Mourners moved toward the church from scattershot spots in the parking lot.
Though shivah, mourners were to be relieved of such tasks as preparing meals.
During the seven days of shivah mourners sit on stools that are lower than any other furniture in the house.
Again, in the Arunta tribe mourners smear themselves with white pipeclay, and the motive for this custom is said to be to render themselves more conspicuous, so that the ghost may see and be satisfied that he is being properly mourned for.
Rajiv Etra and Derek Carr, were mourners and stood with the officers who mourned their Captain on behalf of the ship.
Laurence knew him: De Guignes, the French ambassador, and almost the most unlikely mourner imaginable.
Nevertheless, our people persist in thinking of the Kaddish as an obligation they owe to the dead, and because in our tradition custom takes on the force of law, I shall recite the Kaddish with the mourners, for one who was not a member of this congregation, nor even of our faith, someone about whom we know little, but whose life happened through tragic accident to touch this congregation .