funeralgoer

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English

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Etymology

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From funeral +‎ goer.

Noun

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funeralgoer (plural funeralgoers)

  1. One who attends a funeral.
    • 2008, Graeme Thomson, I Shot a Man in Reno: A History of Death by Murder, Suicide, Fire, Flood, Drugs, Disease, and General Misadventure, as Related in Popular Song, →ISBN, page 74:
      To the accompaniment of a plain, sparsely unforgiving string arrangement, a lonely old lady dies her lonely death, her only funeralgoer the equally lonely priest who buries her.