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wailers

wailers is the plural of wailer.

Meaning of wailer

Noun (1)

wailer (plural wailers)

  1. One who wails or laments.
  2. A professional hired mourner.
    Synonyms:
    moirologist

Noun (2)

wailer (plural wailers)

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

Questions about wailers

What is wailers the plural of?
Wailers is the plural of wailer.

Words near wailers in the dictionary

  1. wailed on
  2. wailefull
  3. wailer
  4. waileress
  5. waileresses
  6. wailers
  7. wailes
  8. wailest
  9. waileth
  10. wailful
  11. wailfully

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