Meanings
nounbeweeper (plural beweepers)
plural beweepers
- rareOne who beweeps or laments someone or something.
The cornfield, laid waste by the reaper, In mourning robes deeper and deeper, The heaven, dead summer’s beweeper, Shed tears for the joys that depart.
1917, Philip M. Raskin, “Spring and Autumn”, in Songs of a Wanderer, Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society of America, page 224
Origin
- Middle Englishbiweper
- Englishbeweeper
From Middle English biweper, equivalent to beweep + -er.
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