saulie

Definitions

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • noun A hired mourner at a funeral.

Examples

  • As the funeral winds its way towards the mountain cemetery he hovers aloft in the air -- or, swooping down nearer to the bier, precedes the corpse like a sable saulie.

    Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2

Note

The origin of the word 'saulie' is uncertain.