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Definition of mourner in English: mournernoun ˈmɔːnəˈmɔrnər 1A person who attends a funeral as a relative or friend of the dead person. Example sentencesExamples - A Royal British Legion standard bearer was among the many mourners who attended Mrs her funeral.
- No, I mean - what would he do if he had all these unwanted relatives and mourners hanging around the house?
- More than 1250 mourners attended Wodehouse's funeral in Edmonton.
- The hundreds of mourners who attended Jennifer's funeral mass heard Patricia read the tribute before the service began.
- Afterwards, mourners were invited for refreshments by the nuns.
- Mufulira Municipal Council workers blocked roads leading to cemeteries to prevent mourners from burying the dead.
- Hundreds of mourners attended the teenager's funeral last week.
- In a series of thoughts written by his family and friends, mourners heard about a man all remembered as fun-loving and sensitive.
- Family servants acted as pallbearers; the mourners were family and friends of the family.
- She says the 200 mourners who attended the service at the crematorium all had special memories of her father.
- More than 130 mourners attended her funeral in Southampton.
- At the wake of one of the dead, the mourners were adamant that there had been no fighting between insurgents and marines.
- Her only mourners would be her friends at the Country Home.
- Meanwhile, more than 300 mourners attended Clare's funeral, at St George's Church, to remember the life of their friend and colleague.
- Inside the apartment, his mother wept as she sat on the floor, surrounded by female relatives and other mourners.
- The cathedral of St Thomas More in Arlington, Virginia, was packed with mourners for her funeral.
- Almost a thousand mourners attended the funeral, with the local Maori meeting house overflowing for the hour-long service.
- Yesterday, his widow, Jane, led about 700 mourners at a funeral at St Mary's Parish Church, just a few hundred yards from the family's home.
- In Thailand a person is likely to compose a small cookbook before her or his death, so that it can be distributed as a keepsake to the mourners attending the funeral.
- Meanwhile, police have warned mourners attending the funeral that parking in the city centre may be limited.
- So at a wake, is the focus on the dead or on the mourners?
- 1.1historical A person hired to attend a funeral.
Example sentencesExamples - Zizek notes that the original model for this was the phenomenon of designated mourners hired to cry at funerals in certain cultures.
- In Palestine, professional mourners were sometimes hired.
2Any of a number of drab-coloured South American tyrant flycatchers and related birds. Families Tyrannidae, Pipridae, and Cotingidae: four genera and several species; the classification is uncertain Example sentencesExamples - The Pale-bellied Mourner (Rhytipterna immunda) of northern South America is rare in museum collections, virtually unknown in life, and of uncertain generic and familial affinities.
Rhymes corner, fauna, forewarner, Lorna, Morna, sauna, scorner, suborner, warner Definition of mourner in US English: mournernounˈmôrnərˈmɔrnər 1A person who attends a funeral as a relative or friend of the dead person. Example sentencesExamples - She says the 200 mourners who attended the service at the crematorium all had special memories of her father.
- Meanwhile, more than 300 mourners attended Clare's funeral, at St George's Church, to remember the life of their friend and colleague.
- Afterwards, mourners were invited for refreshments by the nuns.
- Yesterday, his widow, Jane, led about 700 mourners at a funeral at St Mary's Parish Church, just a few hundred yards from the family's home.
- Hundreds of mourners attended the teenager's funeral last week.
- More than 1250 mourners attended Wodehouse's funeral in Edmonton.
- In Thailand a person is likely to compose a small cookbook before her or his death, so that it can be distributed as a keepsake to the mourners attending the funeral.
- So at a wake, is the focus on the dead or on the mourners?
- Inside the apartment, his mother wept as she sat on the floor, surrounded by female relatives and other mourners.
- Her only mourners would be her friends at the Country Home.
- Family servants acted as pallbearers; the mourners were family and friends of the family.
- The hundreds of mourners who attended Jennifer's funeral mass heard Patricia read the tribute before the service began.
- In a series of thoughts written by his family and friends, mourners heard about a man all remembered as fun-loving and sensitive.
- Meanwhile, police have warned mourners attending the funeral that parking in the city centre may be limited.
- No, I mean - what would he do if he had all these unwanted relatives and mourners hanging around the house?
- The cathedral of St Thomas More in Arlington, Virginia, was packed with mourners for her funeral.
- Almost a thousand mourners attended the funeral, with the local Maori meeting house overflowing for the hour-long service.
- A Royal British Legion standard bearer was among the many mourners who attended Mrs her funeral.
- Mufulira Municipal Council workers blocked roads leading to cemeteries to prevent mourners from burying the dead.
- More than 130 mourners attended her funeral in Southampton.
- At the wake of one of the dead, the mourners were adamant that there had been no fighting between insurgents and marines.
- 1.1historical A person hired to attend a funeral.
Example sentencesExamples - In Palestine, professional mourners were sometimes hired.
- Zizek notes that the original model for this was the phenomenon of designated mourners hired to cry at funerals in certain cultures.
2Any of a number of drab-colored South American tyrant flycatchers and related birds. Families Tyrannidae, Pipridae, and Cotingidae: four genera and several species; the classification is uncertain Example sentencesExamples - The Pale-bellied Mourner (Rhytipterna immunda) of northern South America is rare in museum collections, virtually unknown in life, and of uncertain generic and familial affinities.
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