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bemoaner

bemoaner noun: one who bemoans.

Noun

bemoaner (plural bemoaners)

  1. One who bemoans.
    • There is also a gap between the general population and the falling-standards bemoaners, usage guide publishers, and language pundits, whether conservative or progressive.2014, James Lambert, “Diachronic stability in Indian English lexis”, in World Englishes, page 114

Forms of bemoaner

pluralbemoaners

Origin of bemoaner

From bemoan + -er.

Questions about bemoaner

What does bemoaner mean?
Bemoaner means one who bemoans.
What part of speech is bemoaner?
Bemoaner is a noun.
What is the plural of bemoaner?
The plural of bemoaner is bemoaners.

Words near bemoaner in the dictionary

  1. Bemm River
  2. Bemment
  3. bemoan
  4. bemoanable
  5. bemoaned
  6. bemoaner
  7. bemoaners
  8. bemoaning
  9. bemoaningly
  10. bemoanings
  11. bemoans

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