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Webster 1913 Edition


Mummer

Mumm′er

,
Noun.
[Cf. OF.
mommeur
. See
Mumm
, and cf.
Momier
.]
One who mumms, or makes diversion in disguise; a masker; a buffon.
Jugglers and dancers, antics,
mummers
.
Milton.

Webster 1828 Edition


Mummer

MUM'MER

,
Noun.
One who masks himself and makes diversion in disguise; originally, one who made sport by gestures without speaking.
Jugglers and dancers, anticks, mummers.

Definition 2024


mummer

mummer

English

Mummer in a parade

Noun

mummer (plural mummers)

  1. A person who dons a disguising costume, as for a parade or a festival.
  2. An actor in a pantomime; one who communicates entirely through gesture and facial expression.

Synonyms

  • (actor in a pantomime): mime

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