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mourner

[mawr-ner, mohr-] / ˈmɔr nər, ˈmoʊr- /


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That reminds me of those Designated Mourner performances that Wallace Shawn would do in an old men’s club downtown.

From Slate • Jan. 27, 2021

Still with the same smile, Mourner Carol turned to the President of France who froze him with a frown.

From Time Magazine Archive

Oft and again have I address'd it so: Mourner, away! he parteth not too soon Who leaves behind him far his life's calm June.

From The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems of Petrarch by Campbell, Thomas

Like the bloodhound in the picture of Suspense, and like The Highland Shepherd's Chief Mourner, the horse is raised by the dignity of suffering to the level of human emotion.

From Landseer A collection of fifteen pictures and a portrait of the painter with introduction and interpretation by Hurll, Estelle M. (Estelle May)

It was Mourner the Dove whom Peter saw, an old friend of whom Peter is very fond.

From The Burgess Bird Book for Children by Burgess, Thornton W. (Thornton Waldo)



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