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mourner

[mawr-ner, mohr-]

noun

  1. a person who mourns.

  2. a person who attends a funeral to mourn for the deceased.

  3. (at religious revival meetings) a person who professes penitence for sin, with desire for salvation.



mourner

/ ˈɔːə /

noun

  1. a person who mourns, esp at a funeral

  2. (at US revivalist meetings) a person who repents publicly

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of mourner1

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; mourn, -er 1
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By mid-afternoon on Sunday, Israel's far-right national security minister Itamar Ben Gvir - who was recently sanctioned by the UK government for "inciting violence against Palestinians" - arrived in Bat Yam to meet mourners.

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At Kian's funeral, the boy's mother was overheard in a video telling mourners: "Hear it from me myself on how the shooting happened, so they can't say it was by terrorists, because they're lying."

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She also thanked the residents of Dyserth for their understanding as roads are closed to accommodate the funeral and mourners.

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The coffin of her husband, Johnson Mabia, sat amid a crowd of stricken mourners in Limbe in Cameroon's South-West region - an area that had witnessed scenes like this many times before.

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An imam stood nearby leading prayers for hundreds of mourners gathered behind him in orderly rows.

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