weeper
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• noun
A person who weeps, especially one hired as a professional mourner at a funeral.
"In ancient traditions, families often hired professional weepers to lament the passing of prominent citizens."
An intensely sentimental or melodramatic film, novel, or play intended to move the audience to tears.
"The classic melodrama is a shameless weeper that leaves almost everyone in the theater reaching for a tissue."
A long black crape veil, hatband, or cuff worn Historically as a conventional badge of mourning.
"Victorian widows traditionally wore dark dresses paired with black crape weepers during the formal mourning period."
A capuchin monkey of the genus Cebus (especially the wedge-capped capuchin, Cebus olivaceus), native to the forests of South America and named for its plaintive, crying vocalizations.
• Rhymes for weeper
Word Origin & Etymology
From Middle English wepere, equivalent to weep + -er, ultimately from Old English wēpan ('to weep, bewail').
Usage Trend
Historical frequency of usage in published text.