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wailer

/ˈweɪlɚ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.68 in modern English

Syllables
wail-er
IPA
/ˈweɪlɚ/
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who wails or laments.

noun

A professional hired mourner.

noun

A boy employed to pick out stones, pyrites, etc. remaining in the coal after it is screened.

Etymology

From Middle English wayler, weilere; equivalent to wail + -er.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈweɪlɚ/
  • British English: /ˈweɪlə/

Inflected Forms

wailers (plural)

Derived Forms

waileress

Synonyms

moirologist

Homonyms

whaler (wine–whine merger) whaler

Rhymes With

taylor trailer sailor tailor mailer scalar paler jailer whaler velar malar traylor

Questions

How do you pronounce wailer?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈweɪlɚ/.
What does wailer mean?
One who wails or laments.
Where does wailer come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce wailer

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