Meanings
wailer1
nounwailer (plural wailers)
plural wailers
- One who wails or laments.
- A professional hired mourner.
Synonyms: moirologist
wailer2
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA professional hired mourner.
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Origin
wailer · noun
- Middle Englishwayler
- Englishwailer
From Middle English wayler, weilere; equivalent to wail + -er.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
French pleureuse
- pleureusea hired mourner
German Klagender, Klagende
- Klagenderone who wails
- Klagendeone who wails
Latin praefica
- praeficaa hired mourner
Portuguese carpideira
- carpideiraa hired mourner
Romanian bocitoare, bocitor
- bocitoarea hired mourner
- bocitora hired mourner
Russian пла́кальщица
- пла́кальщица (plákalʹščica)a hired mourner
Spanish gemidor, plañidera
- gemidorone who wails
- plañideraa hired mourner
- lloronaa hired mourner
- endechaderaa hired mourner
Swedish gråterska
- gråterskaa hired mourner
Ukrainian плачка
- плачка (plačka)a hired mourner
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with wailer
taylortrailersailortailorscalarmailernailerwhalerscalerjailerTraylorvelarmalarbrailerderailergaolerbraillerloudhailerrailerunveilerwaler
All rhymes →Sounds the same
whaler (wine–whine merger)whaler (wine–whine merger)
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Cite this entry
APA
wailer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wailer
MLA
“wailer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wailer. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wailer,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wailer.
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