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The answer WEEPERS has 4 possible clue(s) in existing crosswords.
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Definitions of weepers in various dictionaries:
noun - a person who weeps
noun - a hired mourner
verb - to express sorrow by shedding tears
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Sorry sorts |
Bawl club? |
Little person with leg obscured in dark coverings? |
People crying |
Last Seen in these Crosswords & Puzzles |
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Mar 7 2019 The Times - Concise |
Jan 15 2014 The Telegraph - Toughie |
Oct 23 2008 New York Times |
Mar 30 1997 New York Times |
Weepers description |
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Pleurants or weepers (the English meaning of pleurants) are anonymous sculpted figures representing mourners, used to decorate elaborate tomb monuments, mostly in the late Middle Ages in Western Europe. Typically they are relatively small, and a group were placed around the sides of a raised tomb monument, perhaps interspersed with armorial decoration, or carrying shields with this. They may be in relief or free-standing. In English usage the term "weepers" is sometimes extended to cover the small figures of the deceased's children often seen kneeling underneath the tomb effigy in Tudor tomb monuments. * These figures represent the mourners, who pray for the deceased standing during the funeral procession. Because many of the original tombs have been vandalised or destroyed, relatively few examples remain to be studied. Many figures have been detached from their original context, which is not always known. * In the 16th and 17th century the practice of placing anonymous pleurant figur |