wailer
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Rhymes: -eɪlə(ɹ)
- Homophone: whaler (in accents with the wine-whine merger)
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle English wayler, weilere; equivalent to wail + -er.
Noun[edit]
wailer (plural wailers)
- One who wails or laments.
- A professional hired mourner.
- Synonym: (rare) moirologist
Translations[edit]
a hired mourner
Etymology 2[edit]
wail + -er; see wail (“choose, select”).
Noun[edit]
wailer (plural wailers)
- (mining, historical) A boy employed to pick out stones, pyrites, etc. remaining in the coal after it is screened.
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