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Wailer

Noun CEFR B1
ˈweɪlə

Definitions

  1. One who wails or laments.
  2. A boy employed to pick out stones, pyrites, etc. remaining in the coal after it is screened.
    historical
  3. A professional hired mourner.

Equivalents

8 more languages
العربيةنائح
Azərbaycan diliağıçı
Suomiitkijä
Latinapraefica
Portuguêscarpideira
Românăbocitoarebocitor
Русскийпла́кальщица
Svenskagråterska

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

waileress Wailes Wailful Wailfully Wailing Wailing Wall

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