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weeper en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈwipɚ/ (General-American)
  • /ˈwiːpə/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From weep + -er.

Meanings

  1. A person who weeps.
    • Subdued and magnetized into submission, Ursula sat turning her tearful eyes from one uncompromising face to the other; but their attention was soon diverted to another weeper. 1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 159:
  2. A hired mourner.
  3. A pleurant.
  4. A thing that slowly leaks liquid.
  5. A weeping tree.
  6. A white border round the sleeve of a mourning dress.
  7. A crape hatband.
  8. A widow's crape veil.

Forms

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Deriveds

Piccadilly weeper · finders keepers, losers weepers · weepered