weeper
Americannoun
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a person who weeps.
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(formerly) a hired mourner at a funeral.
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something worn as a badge of mourning, as a widow's black veil.
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a wine bottle that has lost some of its contents through the cork.
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any of various loose-hanging, streamerlike objects, as a long, hanging hatband or a strand of moss hanging from a tree.
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Informal. a sad story, motion picture, song, or the like, that is apt to make one cry.
noun
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a person who weeps, esp a hired mourner
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something worn as a sign of mourning
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a hole through a wall, to allow water to drain away
Etymology
Origin of weeper
Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at weep 1, -er 1
Example Sentences
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The wide tonal variation continues with “Don’t Let Go,” a gorgeous midtempo weeper with pedal-steel guitar, tinkly piano and mournful fiddle.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026
Bentley promises a diverse album, “from the arena shaker to the barroom weeper to the bluegrass fireballer.”
From Seattle Times • Feb. 21, 2023
My challenge for myself as a writer was to say, "Can I write about these things and have it not be a weeper?"
From Salon • May 6, 2022
And while she’s a great weeper, more impressive is how these inundations, these eddies of feeling, move under her skin.
From New York Times • Sep. 2, 2021
The goddesses are looping up their nets, They are listening to the sound of weeping, From what village does this weeper come?
From The Fijians A Study of the Decay of Custom by Thomson, Basil
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