weeper

[ wee-per ]

/ ˈwi pər /

a person who weeps.

(formerly) a hired mourner at a funeral.

something worn as a badge of mourning, as a widow's black veil.

a wine bottle that has lost some of its contents through the cork.

any of various loose-hanging, streamerlike objects, as a long, hanging hatband or a strand of moss hanging from a tree.

Informal. a sad story, motion picture, song, or the like, that is apt to make one cry.

Origin of weeper

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at weep¹, -er¹

Only wants a few undertaker's men in weepers to be a really classy funeral!

In Brief Authority |F. Anstey
Her laughter was echoed in quavering fashion by the other weepers.

Marjorie Dean, College Sophomore |Pauline Lester
Travellers have described these animals by the name of weepers, from their plaintive moan.

Buffon's Natural History. Volume IX (of 10) |Georges Louis Leclerc de Buffon
When with an effort he raised himself up to speak the place was indeed a Bochim, for the weepers were everywhere.

Oowikapun |Egerton Ryerson Young

Let our readers try to imagine these weepers, and close with "blind Pleasure led," by what?

Early Reviews of English Poets |John Louis Haney

weeper

/ (ˈwiːpə) /

a person who weeps, esp a hired mourner

something worn as a sign of mourning

a hole through a wall, to allow water to drain away

weepers

see finders keepers, losers weepers.