mourner

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a person who feels or expresses grief, especially after someone's death

   The mourners gathered quietly outside the chapel after the funeral.

2. 2
   noun

   a person attending a funeral, especially the relative with the leading ceremonial role

   As the closest surviving relative, Jonathan walked behind the coffin as chief mourner.

From Middle English mourner or mornere, formed from mourn + the agent suffix -er: literally, "one who mourns." Mourn descends from Old English murnan, "to grieve or be anxious."

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