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gailer

Middle English

Noun

gailer

  1. jailer
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wailer

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /?we?l?/
  • (US) enPR: w??l?r, IPA(key): /?we?l?/

Rhymes: -e?l?(?)

  • Homophone: whaler (in accents with the wine-whine merger)

Etymology 1

wail +? -er

Noun

wailer (plural wailers)

  1. One who wails or laments.
  2. A hired (professional) mourner.
Synonyms
  • (hired mourner): moirologist (rare)
Translations

Etymology 2

wail +? -er; see wail (choose, select).

Noun

wailer (plural wailers)

  1. (mining, historical) A boy employed to pick out stones, pyrites, etc. remaining in the coal after it is screened.

Anagrams

  • Lawrie

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