mourner

Word parts

mourn + -er

Pronunciation

• (US) enPR: môrnʹər, IPA ^(key): /ˈmɔrnɚ/
• (UK) enPR: mônʹə, IPA ^(key): /ˈmɔːnə/

Noun

Singular mourner

Plural mourners

1. (countable) A mourner is a person who grieves at a funeral or a burial, or at someone's death.

   The mourners left the cemetery before the storm broke.

Related words

• mourn
• mourning

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