wailer

English

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈweɪlə/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
(US) enPR: wāʹlər, IPA^(key): /ˈweɪlɚ/

Rhymes: -eɪlə(ɹ)

Homophone: whaler (in accents with the wine-whine merger)

Etymology 1

From Middle English wayler, weilere; equivalent to wail +‎ -er.

Noun

wailer (plural wailers)

One who wails or laments.
A professional hired mourner.
Synonym: (rare) moirologist

Translations

one who wails

German: Klagender m, Klagende f
Spanish: gemidor (es) m

a hired mourner

Azerbaijani: ağıçı, ağıçı qadın
French: pleureuse (fr) f
Latin: praefica f
Portuguese: carpideira (pt)
Romanian: bocitoare (ro) f (female), bocitor (ro) m (male)
Russian: пла́кальщица (ru) f (plákalʹščica)
Spanish: plañidera (es)
Swedish: gråterska
Ukrainian: плачка f (plačka)

Etymology 2

wail +‎ -er; see wail (“choose, select”).

Noun

wailer (plural wailers)

(mining, historical) A boy employed to pick out stones, pyrites, etc. remaining in the coal after it is screened.

Anagrams

Lawrie

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