Definitions for mourner

mourner mourn·er

Spelling: [mawr-ner, mohr-]
IPA: /ˈmɔr nər, ˈmoʊr-/

Mourner is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 109 anagrams from letters in mourner (emnorru).

Definitions for mourner

noun

  1. a person who mourns.
  2. a person who attends a funeral to mourn for the deceased.
  3. (at religious revival meetings) a person who professes penitence for sin, with desire for salvation.

Origin of mourner

Middle English word dating back to 1350-1400; See origin at mourn, -er1

Examples for mourner

Did ever mourner plead with thee, And thou refuse that mourner's plea?

Even if he knew him well, his face changed when he saw a mourner.

The name is from the Egyptian, as applied to a mourner or a singer at a funeral.

But what Gilgamesh is not permitted to hear, the mourner is told.

As she screamed she struck down at the mourner with her clenched fist.

Grief is isolating, dividing the mourner from anyone who has yet to endure grief.

The question uppermost in the mind of the mourner is "Will the dead return?"

No doubt he made his living as mourner at funerals to which no other mourners came.

Behind the coach, the mourner, for whom the coach was intended, walking in the dust.

By 1915, mourning attire had begun to draw more attention to the mourner than to the deceased, drawing critics to the practice.

Word Value for mourner
Scrable

9

Words with friends

12

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