weeper

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weep·er

(wē′pər)

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.

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weeper

(ˈwiːpə)

1. a person who weeps, esp a hired mourner

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

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

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weep•er

(ˈwi pər)

n.

1. a person who weeps.

2. (formerly) a hired mourner at a funeral.

3. any of various loose-hanging, streamerlike objects.

4. Informal. tearjerker.

[1350–1400]

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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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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?"

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Alec, taking the weeper on his knee and administering consolation in the shape of kisses and nuts.

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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.

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It was Mademoiselle Bourienne in a black dress and weepers. She softly approached Princess Mary, sighed, kissed her, and immediately began to cry.

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She threw back the heavy "weepers," and looked before her, wondering which road Will had taken.

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His cote-hardie, or tunic, and trunk-hosen were of a purple plum color, with long weepers which hung from either sleeve to below his knees.

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What follows is a psychologically rich story involving a female hotel clerk, a "widely admired weeper" known for her musical lamentations and a murder.