Mourner

For the bird species with the common name mourner, see Mourner (bird).
Mourning angels at the tomb of Pedro I of Portugal (died 1367), Alcobaça Monastery. Mourning figures or "weepers" (French pleurants) have been conventional elements of tomb architecture since the Gothic period.

A mourner is someone who is attending a funeral or who is otherwise recognized as in a period of grief and mourning prescribed either by religious law or by popular custom.[1] Many cultures expect mourners to curtail certain activities, usually those considered frivolous or that are accompanied by expressions of joy.

  1. ^ Mourner definition at Merriam-Webster