keenerEnglishOxford New American Dictionarykeener /ˈkēnər, ˈkinər / ▸ noun 1 a person who wails or sings in grief for a dead person: a team of five keeners was hired to cry on the way to escort their father to the crematorium. 2 Canadian informal or British dialect a person who is extremely eager, zealous, or enthusiastic: keeners who spent most of high school buried in homework.