hired mourner
1Mourner — Mourn er (m[=o]rn [ e]r), n. 1. One who mourns or is grieved at any misfortune, as the death of a friend. [1913 Webster] His mourners were two hosts, his friends and foes. Byron. [1913 Webster] 2. One who attends a funeral as a hired mourner.… …
2mourner — n. 1 a person who mourns, esp. at a funeral. 2 a person hired to attend a funeral …
3mute — mutely, adv. muteness, n. /myooht/, adj., muter, mutest, n., v., muted, muting. adj. 1. silent; refraining from speech or utterance. 2. not emitting or having sound of any kind. 3. incapable of speech; dumb. 4 …
4weeper — n. 1 a person who weeps, esp. hist. a hired mourner at a funeral. 2 a small image of a mourner on a monument. 3 (in pl.) hist. a a man s crape hatband for funerals. b a widow s black crape veil or white cuffs …
5Saulie — Sau lie, n. A hired mourner at a funeral. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] …
6La Llorona — (IPA2|la ʝoˈɾona, or approximately lah yoh ROH nah , Spanish for the crying woman ), sometimes called the Woman in White or the Weeping Woman is a figure in Mexican folklore, the ghost of a woman crying for her dead children that she drowned. Her …
7Roman funerals and burial — In Ancient Rome, important people of the time had elaborate funerals. The funerals themselves were part of a tradition from the early Roman Republic, whereby the achievements of the dead man were celebrated alongside those of his ancestors. Hired …
8weeper — /wee peuhr/, n. 1. a person who weeps. 2. (formerly) a hired mourner at a funeral. 3. something worn as a badge of mourning, as a widow s black veil. 4. a wine bottle that has lost some of its contents through the cork. 5. any of various loose… …
9weeper — noun a) Agent noun of weep; a person who weeps. b) A hired mourner …
10weeper — weep·er || wɪËpÉ™ n. one who cries a lot; hired mourner at funeral; widow s veil; wine bottle that has leaked through the cork …
