weeper

Etymology

weep + -er

noun

1. A person who weeps.
   Subdued and magnetized into submission, Ursula sat turning her tearful eyes from one uncompromising face to the other; but their attention was soon diverted to another weeper. 1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 159
2. A hired mourner.
3. A pleurant.
4. A thing that slowly leaks liquid.
5. A weeping tree.
6. A white border round the sleeve of a mourning dress.
7. A crape hatband.
8. A widow's crape veil.