weeper

/ˈwipər/
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Other forms: weepers

Definitions of weeper
  1. noun
    a person who weeps
    synonyms: crier
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    types:
    bawler
    a loud weeper
    blubberer
    someone who sniffles and weeps with loud sobs
    type of:
    unfortunate, unfortunate person
    a person who suffers misfortune
  2. noun
    a hired mourner
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    type of:
    griever, lamenter, mourner, sorrower
    a person who is feeling grief (as grieving over someone who has died)
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