"weeper" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈwiːpə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈwipɚ/ [General-American] Forms: weepers [plural]
Rhymes: -iːpə(ɹ) Etymology: From weep + -er. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|weep|er}} weep + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} weeper (plural weepers)
  1. A person who weeps.
    Sense id: en-weeper-en-noun-rtS1Xqdl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 18 25 1 2 1 25 3 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 28 16 17 4 6 3 20 5 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 32 14 14 2 4 2 28 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 30 18 23 1 2 1 22 2
  2. A hired mourner.
    Sense id: en-weeper-en-noun-UMpkuRHd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 18 25 1 2 1 25 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 32 14 14 2 4 2 28 3
  3. A pleurant.
    Sense id: en-weeper-en-noun-sfeRBR9t Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 18 25 1 2 1 25 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 32 14 14 2 4 2 28 3
  4. A thing that slowly leaks liquid.
    Sense id: en-weeper-en-noun-LwBw3iUk
  5. A weeping tree.
    Sense id: en-weeper-en-noun-dJ-QSVds
  6. A white border round the sleeve of a mourning dress.
    Sense id: en-weeper-en-noun-BhNd208n
  7. A crape hatband.
    Sense id: en-weeper-en-noun-f2k4J5em Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 18 25 1 2 1 25 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 32 14 14 2 4 2 28 3
  8. A widow's crape veil.
    Sense id: en-weeper-en-noun-rdhSxdqU
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: finders keepers, losers weepers, Piccadilly weeper

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "finders keepers, losers weepers"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Piccadilly weeper"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "weep",
        "3": "er"
      },
      "expansion": "weep + -er",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From weep + -er.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "weepers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "weeper (plural weepers)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "weep‧er"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "25 18 25 1 2 1 25 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "28 16 17 4 6 3 20 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -er",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "32 14 14 2 4 2 28 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "30 18 23 1 2 1 22 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 159:",
          "text": "Subdued and magnetized into submission, Ursula sat turning her tearful eyes from one uncompromising face to the other; but their attention was soon diverted to another weeper.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A person who weeps."
      ],
      "id": "en-weeper-en-noun-rtS1Xqdl"
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "25 18 25 1 2 1 25 3",
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "32 14 14 2 4 2 28 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A hired mourner."
      ],
      "id": "en-weeper-en-noun-UMpkuRHd",
      "links": [
        [
          "mourner",
          "mourner"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "25 18 25 1 2 1 25 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "32 14 14 2 4 2 28 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A pleurant."
      ],
      "id": "en-weeper-en-noun-sfeRBR9t",
      "links": [
        [
          "pleurant",
          "pleurant"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A thing that slowly leaks liquid."
      ],
      "id": "en-weeper-en-noun-LwBw3iUk",
      "links": [
        [
          "leak",
          "leak"
        ],
        [
          "liquid",
          "liquid"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A weeping tree."
      ],
      "id": "en-weeper-en-noun-dJ-QSVds",
      "links": [
        [
          "weeping",
          "weeping"
        ],
        [
          "tree",
          "tree"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A white border round the sleeve of a mourning dress."
      ],
      "id": "en-weeper-en-noun-BhNd208n",
      "links": [
        [
          "white",
          "white"
        ],
        [
          "border",
          "border"
        ],
        [
          "sleeve",
          "sleeve"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "25 18 25 1 2 1 25 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
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          ],
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        },
        {
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          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A crape hatband."
      ],
      "id": "en-weeper-en-noun-f2k4J5em",
      "links": [
        [
          "crape",
          "crape"
        ],
        [
          "hatband",
          "hatband"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A widow's crape veil."
      ],
      "id": "en-weeper-en-noun-rdhSxdqU",
      "links": [
        [
          "widow",
          "widow"
        ],
        [
          "veil",
          "veil"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwiːpə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwipɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːpə(ɹ)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "weeper"
}
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    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms suffixed with -er",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:English/iːpə(ɹ)",
    "Rhymes:English/iːpə(ɹ)/2 syllables"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "finders keepers, losers weepers"
    },
    {
      "word": "Piccadilly weeper"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "weep",
        "3": "er"
      },
      "expansion": "weep + -er",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From weep + -er.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "weepers",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "weeper (plural weepers)",
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    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "weep‧er"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 159:",
          "text": "Subdued and magnetized into submission, Ursula sat turning her tearful eyes from one uncompromising face to the other; but their attention was soon diverted to another weeper.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A person who weeps."
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A hired mourner."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mourner",
          "mourner"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A pleurant."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pleurant",
          "pleurant"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A thing that slowly leaks liquid."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "leak",
          "leak"
        ],
        [
          "liquid",
          "liquid"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A weeping tree."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "weeping",
          "weeping"
        ],
        [
          "tree",
          "tree"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A white border round the sleeve of a mourning dress."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "white",
          "white"
        ],
        [
          "border",
          "border"
        ],
        [
          "sleeve",
          "sleeve"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A crape hatband."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "crape",
          "crape"
        ],
        [
          "hatband",
          "hatband"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A widow's crape veil."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "widow",
          "widow"
        ],
        [
          "veil",
          "veil"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwiːpə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwipɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːpə(ɹ)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "weeper"
}

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