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mourns

mourns is the plural of mourn.

mourns is the third-person singular simple present indicative of mourn.

Meaning of mourn

Noun

mourn (countable and uncountable, plural mourns)

  1. (literary) Sorrow, grief.
    • Anone after ther cam balen / and whan he sawe kynge Arthur / he alyght of his hors / and cam to the kynge on foote / and salewed hym / by my hede saide Arthur ye be welcome / Sire ryght now cam rydynge this way a knyght makynge grete moorne / for what cause I can not telle1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “vij”, in Le Morte Darthur, book II
  2. A ring fitted upon the head of a lance to prevent wounding an adversary in tilting.

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Questions about mourns

What is mourns the plural of?
Mourns is the plural of mourn.

Words near mourns in the dictionary

  1. mourning warblers
  2. mourningly
  3. mournings
  4. mournival
  5. mournivals
  6. mourns
  7. mournsome
  8. Mourquong
  9. Mourvèdre
  10. Mourvèdres
  11. mourza

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