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Definition of Griever
1. Noun. A person who is feeling grief (as grieving over someone who has died).
Generic synonyms: Unfortunate, Unfortunate Person
Specialized synonyms: Bearer, Pallbearer, Wailer, Weeper
Derivative terms: Grieve, Lament, Lament, Mourn, Mourn, Sorrow
Definition of Griever
1. n. One who, or that which, grieves.
Definition of Griever
1. Noun. One who grieves ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Griever
1. one that grieves [n -S] - See also: grieves
Lexicographical Neighbors of Griever
Literary usage of Griever
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Putnam's Magazine (1909)
"Mandy griever, hearing the voices, had hurried out. Her troubled gaze went over
Lance's half-perished face and body, the whole worn, poor, ..."
2. Putnam's Magazine (1909)
"Mandy griever, hearing the voices, had hurried out. Her troubled gaze went over
Lance's half-perished face and body, the whole worn, poor, ..."
3. Poetry by Modern Poetry Association (1914)
"... with a few moments more of the infusion of Earth; I tell him, the griever, to
follow me and he is a griever no more; He raises his head and must follow. ..."
4. The New Poetry: An Anthology by Harriet Monroe, Alice Corbin Henderson (1917)
"... with a few moments more of the infusion of earth; I tell him, the griever, to
follow me and he is a griever no more; He raises his head and must follow. ..."
5. Preliminary Report on the Lead and Zinc of Oklahoma by Luther Crocker Snider (1912)
"Section of east side of East griever Creek Canyon in sec. 28, T. 22 N., R. 15 W.
Feet. 12. Medicine Lodge gypsum 16 ..."
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