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Synonyms for mourners

Grammar : Noun

Spell : mawr-ner, mohr-

Phonetic Transcription : ˈmɔr nər, ˈmoʊr-

Définition of mourners

Origin : late 14c., agent noun from mourn (v.).

noun lamenter

Example sentences :

This long procession of mourners continued all day Thursday and Friday.
Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook

The sun found the Lenape, on the succeeding day, a nation of mourners.
Extract from : « The Last of the Mohicans » by James Fenimore Cooper

Fell on the anguish and hope in the tearful eyes of the mourners.
Extract from : « Poems » by William D. Howells

I proceeded with the mourners, and soon stood on the brink of the grave.
Extract from : « Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume VI » by Various

Of all the mourners, the "laal limber Frenchman" was the most mournful.
Extract from : « The Shadow of a Crime » by Hall Caine

The mourners were at the top of the pass, and they saw what had happened.
Extract from : « The Shadow of a Crime » by Hall Caine

No doubt he made his living as mourner at funerals to which no other mourners came.
Extract from : « The Great Hunger » by Johan Bojer

The dead must humor the mourners, he thought, and the sick must comfort the visitors.
Extract from : « Death of a Spaceman » by Walter M. Miller

There were but three mourners present—herself, her father, and her husband.
Extract from : « Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII No. 1 January 1848 » by Various

I went up and sat for more than an hour with the two mourners.
Extract from : « Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. II (of II) » by Edmund Downey

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