mourner's seat

noun

mourners' bench

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Meanings

nounmourner's seat (plural mourner's seats)

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

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
mourners' bench
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APA

mourner's seat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mourner's%20seat

MLA

“mourner's seat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mourner's%20seat. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mourner's seat,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mourner's%20seat.

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