weeper

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weep·er (w

1. One that weeps.

2. A hired mourner.

3. A badge of mourning, such as a black hatband or veil.

4. A hole or pipe in a wall to allow water to run off.

5. Informal A highly sentimental artistic, cinematic, or dramatic work.

weeper [ˈwiːpə]

1. a person who weeps, esp a hired mourner

2. (Clothing & Fashion) something worn as a sign of mourning

3. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) a hole through a wall, to allow water to drain away

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Noun	1.	weeper - a person who weeps crier unfortunate, unfortunate person - a person who suffers misfortune bawler - a loud weeper; "their new baby is a real bawler" blubberer - someone who sniffles and weeps with loud sobs
	2.	weeper - a hired mourner griever, lamenter, mourner, sorrower - a person who is feeling grief (as grieving over someone who has died)

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Bawler blubberer clothing crier finder Griever Lamenter mourner sorrower unfortunate unfortunate person			To you, Cora, I will urge no words of idle encouragement; your own fortitude and undisturbed reason will teach you all that may become your sex; but cannot we dry the tears of that trembling weeper on your bosom? The Last of The Mohicans by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context Alec, taking the weeper on his knee and administering consolation in the shape of kisses and nuts. Eight Cousins by Alcott, Louisa May View in context Glegg, in her gloomier moments, had forebodings that, like other husbands of whom she had heard, he might cherish the mean project of heightening her grief at his death by leaving her poorly off, in which case she was firmly resolved that she would have scarcely any weeper on her bonnet, and would cry no more than if he had been a second husband. The Mill on the Floss by Eliot, George View in context			Week day week from Monday Week in, week out Week-end weekday weekend weekend case weekend warrior weekender weekends weeklong weekly weeknight Weekwam weel Weelkes Weems ween weeness weenie weenie roast weensy weeny weeny-bopper weep weeper Weepful weepie weepiness weeping weeping beech Weeping cross weeping ivy weeping love grass Weeping rock Weeping sinew Weeping spring weeping spruce Weeping tree weeping tree broom weeping widow weeping willow Weeping-ripe Weepingly weepy weer Weerish Weesel weest Weet Weet-bird			weenier Weenies Weenies Weenies weeniest weening Weenix Weenix, Jan Baptist weens weensier weensiest weensy weeny weeny-bopper WEEOC weep weep weep weep weep weep weep about weep crocodile tears weep for Weep for Humanity weep for joy Weep hole weep hole tile weep over weep over weeper Weeper hole Weeper holes weepers weepers WEEPF Weepful weepie weepie Weepie film weepier weepier Weepies Weepies weepiest weepiest weepily weepily weepiness weepiness weeping weeping weeping weeping weeping weeping beech Weeping Birch Weeping Birch Weeping bottles weeping core Weeping crocodile

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