sorrower
(ˈsɒrəʊə(r))
[f. sorrow v. + -er1.]
One who sorrows; a mourner.
| 1727 Collect. Epigr. cdlxii, Take the soft sorrower at her word, and try How deeply rooted woman's vows can lie. 1788 F. Burney Diary 19 Nov., My account..was most meekly received by the most patient of sorrowers. 1850 Lynch Theoph. Trinal ii. 19 His wines, that make him for an hour less a sorrower. 1873 Maurice Serm. in Co. Churches 249 We shall ask that..the Comforter may visit us and all the sorrowers of the earth. |