wailer
Noun
Meaning
One who wails or laments.
A professional hired mourner.
Synonym: (rare) moirologist
wailer (plural wailers)
(mining, historical) A boy employed to pick out stones, pyrites, etc. remaining in the coal after it is screened.
Synonyms
horn
crier
widow
whistle
bearer
siren
howler
foghorn
mourner
complainer
whiner
griever
lamenter
keener
moaner
Show all synonyms