noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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General-American:môrnʹər
General-American:/ˈmɔɹnɚ/
Received-Pronunciation:mônʹə
Received-Pronunciation:/ˈmɔːnə/
Southern-England:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
mōrnʹərhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
/ˈmo(ː)ɹnɚ/rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
/ˈmoənə/non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
mo͝ornʹərrare, rhotic, with or without the horse–hoarse merger
/ˈmʊɹnɚ/rare, rhotic, with or without the horse–hoarse merger
mo͝ornʹərare, non-rhotic, with or without the horse–hoarse merger
/ˈmʊənə/rare, non-rhotic, with or without the horse–hoarse merger
rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)nə(ɹ)
CMU ARPABET:M AO1 R N ER0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
Someone filled with or expressing grief or sadness, especially over a death; someone who mourns.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A person attending a funeral or otherwise participating in rituals related to bereavement.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
In certain cultures, a person hired to participate in funerary rituals, sometimes by making a conspicuous and/or conventional show of grief; hired mourner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
Any of a number of suboscine birds in the related familes Tityridae and Tyrannidae.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
a person who is feeling grief (as grieving over someone who has died)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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