mourner
pronunciation
How to pronounce mourner in British English:
UK [ˈmɔ:nə(r)]
How to pronounce mourner in American English:
US [ˈmɔrnə(r)]
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- Noun:
- a person who is feeling grief (as grieving over someone who has died)
Word Origin
- mourner (n.)
- late 14c., agent noun from mourn (v.).
Example
- 1. Each mourner pays rmb 150 transportation costs , to bury loved ones an hour off the coast of shanghai in the east china sea .
- 2. At the downtown san francisco apple store , one mourner stood by the entrance holding his ipad with a black-and-white image of mr. jobs .
- 3. A mourner awaits the start of a tribute to michael jackson at the apollo theater in the neighborhood of harlem in new york city on june 30 .
- 4. The opposition syrian revolution co-ordination union said the gunfire near the cemetery had killed one mourner and wounded four , including a woman who was hit in the head .
- 5. A mourner lifts the body of four-year-old dina balousha , one of five members of the same family - including three children and two teenagers - killed in an israeli missile strike