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Meanings of
mourner
(mourners)
in English
Portuguese
carpideira
Spanish
plañidera
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A person who is feeling grief (as grieving over someone who has died)
griever
sorrower
lamenter
Portuguese
carpideira
Usage of
mourners
in English
1
The chief
mourners
were in seclusion in the library of the Academy.
2
The
mourners
would point to the exit and ask him to leave.
3
At length the
mourners
reached the churchyard and gathered around the grave.
4
Local Fine Gael TD, Mr Gay Mitchell, was also among the
mourners
.
5
That the whole society follow his remains to the grave as
mourners
.
6
He stood in the chamber of death where the
mourners
were weeping.
7
After the burial, most of the
mourners
returned to the Nelsons' house.
8
Cameras pointed their eyes at the gun-carriage and the
mourners
behind it.
9
The
mourners
set fire to roadside bunkers and hoisted green Islamic flags.
10
A funeral was held on Monday, 8 October, with only four
mourners
.
11
The news has reached the city, and the
mourners
are coming out.
12
Before the
mourners
had finished their lamentations, the body of the house.
13
At his funeral yesterday near Tahrir Square,
mourners
were teargassed by police.
14
Again a funeral in the old house, again a crowd of
mourners
.
15
At the table, right, are sitting: the brown-clad
mourners
of Scene I.
16
Four
mourners
,
having made a stretcher of cloaks, raised the fallen body.
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About this term
mourners
mourner
Noun
Plural
Frequent collocations
chief mourners
tell mourners
other mourners
only mourners
many mourners
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Translations for
mourners
Portuguese
carpideira
Spanish
plañidera
Mourners
through the time
Mourners
across language varieties
Ireland
Common
New Zealand
Less common
United Kingdom
Less common
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