3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Weeper \Weep"er\, n. 1. One who weeps; esp., one who sheds tears. [1913 Webster] 2. A white band or border worn on the sleeve as a badge of mourning. --Goldsmith. [1913 Webster] 3. (Zool.) The capuchin. See {Capuchin}, 3 (a) . [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Capuchin \Cap`u*chin"\, n. [F. capucin a monk who wears a cowl, fr. It. cappuccio hood. See {Capoch}.] [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] A bare-footed and long-bearded capuchin. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] 2. A garment for women, consisting of a cloak and hood, resembling, or supposed to resemble, that of capuchin monks. [1913 Webster] 3. (Zool.) (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 {Cabus fatuellus} (the {brown capucine} or {horned capucine}.), {Cabus albifrons} (the {cararara}), and {Cabus apella}. (c) A variety of the domestic pigeon having a hoodlike tuft of feathers on the head and sides of the neck. [1913 Webster] {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. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: weeper n 1: a person who weeps [syn: {crier}] 2: a hired mourner
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