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English Dictionary: mourner by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mourner
n
  1. a person who is feeling grief (as grieving over someone who has died)
    Synonym(s): mourner, griever, sorrower, lamenter
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Mourner \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.
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