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mourner

 [mawr-ner, mohr-]   Origin

mourn·er

   [mawr-ner, mohr-]
noun
1.
a person who mourns.
2.
a person who attends a funeral to mourn for the deceased.
3.
(at religious revival meetings) a person who professes penitence for sin, with desire for salvation.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English; see mourn, -er1
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mourner (ˈmɔːnə)
 
—n
1.  a person who mourns, esp at a funeral
2.  (at US revivalist meetings) a person who repents publicly

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mourner
late 14c., agent noun from mourn.
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