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mourner's seat

mourner's seat noun: mourners' bench.

Noun

mourner's seat (plural mourner's seats)

  1. mourners' bench
    • "And then," continued Suggs, "I wanted to git off, but they hilt me, and bimeby I felt so missuble, I had to go yonder" -- pointing to the mourners' seat.1845, Johnson Jones Hooper, Adventures Of Captain Simon Suggs

Forms of mourner's seat

pluralmourner's seats

Questions about mourner's seat

What does mourner's seat mean?
Mourner's seat means mourners' bench.
What part of speech is mourner's seat?
Mourner's seat is a noun.
What is the plural of mourner's seat?
The plural of mourner's seat is mourner's seats.

Words near mourner's seat in the dictionary

  1. mournable
  2. mourne
  3. Mourneabbey
  4. mourned
  5. mourner
  6. mourner's seat
  7. mourneress
  8. mourneresses
  9. mourners
  10. mourners' bench
  11. mournes

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