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Definition of Sigher
1. n. One who sighs.
Definition of Sigher
1. Noun. One who sighs. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sigher
1. one that sighs [n -S] - See also: sighs
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sigher
Literary usage of Sigher
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley (1901)
"Han. Sq. ii.295. London, 4. Sydney ; v. Sidney. Syer, Syers.—Bapt. ' the son of
Saier,' one of the many forms of Sayer, qv The fuller form was sigher or ..."
2. The Church Historians of England by Joseph Stevenson (1853)
"After the death of sigher, Sebba was king: in the thirtieth year of his reign he
... After their deaths, Oft a, the son of king sigher, was made king. ..."
3. The History of the Anglo-Saxons from the Earliest Period to the Norman Conquest by Sharon Turner (1836)
"sigher reigned with Sebbi in Essex at this period. That Surrey was also in
subjection to Wulfhere, appears from a charter in the register of Chertsey Abbey, ..."
4. From the Hills of Dream: Threnodies, Songs, and Other Poems by William Sharp (1907)
"No—no—from nets of silence weave me, O sigher of Sleep, ... air Where the tall
reed spires breathless—for I am tired, O sigher of Sleep, And long for thy ..."
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