Hypertext Webster Gateway: "weeper"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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) .

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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 {C. fatuellus} (the brown
or {horned capucine}.), {C. albifrons} (the
{cararara}), and {C. 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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

weeper
n 1: a person who weeps [syn: {crier}]
2: a hired mourner


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