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weeper
['wi:pә]
n. 哭泣者



weeper
[ noun ]
  1. a person who weeps

  2. <noun.person>
  3. a hired mourner

  4. <noun.person>




Weeper \Weep"er\, n.
1. One who weeps; esp., one who sheds tears.

2. A white band or border worn on the sleeve as a badge of
mourning. --Goldsmith.

3. (Zo["o]l.) The capuchin. See {Capuchin}, 3
(a) .


Capuchin \Cap`u*chin"\, n. [F. capucin a monk who wears a cowl,
fr. It. cappuccio hood. See {Capoch}.]
1. (Eccl.) A Franciscan monk of the austere branch
established in 1526 by Matteo di Baschi, distinguished by
wearing the long pointed cowl or capoch of St. Francis.

A bare-footed and long-bearded capuchin. --Sir W.
Scott.

2. A garment for women, consisting of a cloak and hood,
resembling, or supposed to resemble, that of capuchin
monks.

3. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A long-tailed South American monkey ({Cabus
capucinus}), having the forehead naked and wrinkled,
with the hair on the crown reflexed and resembling a
monk's cowl, the rest being of a grayish white; --
called also {capucine monkey}, {weeper}, {sajou},
{sapajou}, and {sai}.
(b) Other species of {Cabus}, as {Cabus fatuellus} (the
{brown capucine} or {horned capucine}.), {Cabus
albifrons} (the {cararara}), and {Cabus apella}.
(c) A variety of the domestic pigeon having a hoodlike
tuft of feathers on the head and sides of the neck.

{Capuchin nun}, one of an austere order of Franciscan nuns
which came under Capuchin rule in 1538. The order had
recently been founded by Maria Longa.