MOURNER

mourner, griever, sorrower, lamenter

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

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

mourner (plural mourners)

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

Source: Wiktionary


Mourn"er, n.

1. One who mourns or is grieved at any misfortune, as the death of a friend. His mourners were two hosts, his friends and foes. Byron.

2. One who attends a funeral as a hired mourner. Mourners were provided to attend the funeral. L'Estrange.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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19 June 2025

ROOTS

(noun) the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage; “his roots in Texas go back a long way”; “he went back to Sweden to search for his roots”; “his music has African roots”


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