Etymology

wailer

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Today it means: One who wails or laments. Full definition →

Middle English wayler
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wailer · noun1

  1. Middle English · inherited fromwayler
  2. English todaywailer

From Middle English wayler, weilere; equivalent to wail + -er.

wailer · noun2

From wail + -er; see wail (“choose, select”).

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