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mourners

noun as in lamenter

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Election mourners won’t find much solace in their newsfeeds, but there is something else to keep us afloat for now: the font of absurdist humor produced by a Trump presidency.

In Glasgow’s George Square, mourners joined veterans and current service personnel in laying wreaths, with a guard of honour presented by representatives of the Royal Navy.

From BBC

Wearing their World Series gear, they parked at noon and sat for hours watching as hundreds of mourners arrived throughout the day to drop off flowers, Mexican flags and other gifts while paying their respects to a Dodger legend.

Hundreds of mourners attended his funeral on Tuesday in his home town, San Andrés Larráinzar, chanting "Long live Father Marcelo, priest of the poor", AFP reports.

From BBC

Even as the president spoke, mourners chanting “¡Justicia! ¡Justicia!” marched through the streets of Chilpancingo, the capital of violence-plagued Guerrero state, during the funeral cortege for former Mayor Alejandro Arcos, who was assassinated last weekend, less than a week after taking office.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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