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Weeper

//ˈwiːpə// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A person who weeps.

    "Subdued and magnetized into submission, Ursula sat turning her tearful eyes from one uncompromising face to the other; but their attention was soon diverted to another weeper."

  2. 2
    a hired mourner wordnet
  3. 3
    A hired mourner.
  4. 4
    a person who weeps wordnet
  5. 5
    A pleurant.
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  1. 6
    A thing that slowly leaks liquid.
  2. 7
    A weeping tree.
  3. 8
    A white border round the sleeve of a mourning dress.
  4. 9
    A crape hatband.
  5. 10
    A widow's crape veil.

Etymology

From weep + -er.

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