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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A penitent, especially one who makes public announcement of a desire for salvation: used in Methodist churches.
  • noun One who has the mourning of the chine.
  • noun One who mourns or laments.
  • noun One employed to attend funerals in a habit of mourning.
  • noun Anything associated with mourning.
  • noun In certain localities, at a funeral, one who is recognized as belonging to the circle of those most afflicted by the death and has a special place accordingly.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun One who mourns or is grieved at any misfortune, as the death of a friend.
  • noun One who attends a funeral as a hired mourner.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Someone filled with or expressing grief or sadness, especially over a death; someone who mourns.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a person who is feeling grief (as grieving over someone who has died)

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