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Synonyms for mourner


Grammar : Noun
Spell : mawr-ner, mohr-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈmɔr nər, ˈmoʊr-



Définition of mourner

Origin :
  • late 14c., agent noun from mourn (v.).
  • noun lamenter
Example sentences :
  • Behind the coach, the mourner, for whom the coach was intended, walking in the dust.
  • Extract from : « The Uncommercial Traveller » by Charles Dickens
  • No doubt he made his living as mourner at funerals to which no other mourners came.
  • Extract from : « The Great Hunger » by Johan Bojer
  • Did ever mourner plead with thee, And thou refuse that mourner's plea?
  • Extract from : « The Liberty Minstrel » by George W. Clark
  • As she screamed she struck down at the mourner with her clenched fist.
  • Extract from : « Other Main-Travelled Roads » by Hamlin Garland
  • But what Gilgamesh is not permitted to hear, the mourner is told.
  • Extract from : « The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria » by Morris Jastrow
  • The question uppermost in the mind of the mourner is "Will the dead return?"
  • Extract from : « The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria » by Morris Jastrow
  • The name is from the Egyptian, as applied to a mourner or a singer at a funeral.
  • Extract from : « Textiles » by William H. Dooley
  • Even if he knew him well, his face changed when he saw a mourner.
  • Extract from : « The Sayings Of Confucius » by Confucius
  • I am going to find a mourner,' answered the bear, and told his story.
  • Extract from : « The Crimson Fairy Book » by Various
  • I wanted to tell him the day on which I must say the mourner's prayer for him, but I had forgotten it.
  • Extract from : « Jewish Children » by Sholem Naumovich Rabinovich

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