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mummer

UK /ˈmʌm.ə(ɹ)/US /ˈmʌm.ɚ/

noun 2
verb 1
forms 3

noun2

A person who dons a disguising costume, as for a parade or a festival.
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An actor in a pantomime; one who communicates entirely through gesture and facial expression.
- [To] perform as mummers, who act in relays of eight, at the worship of ancestors. — 1883

verb1

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Synonym of mum (“to act in pantomime or dumb show”).
- There is a general agreement that niggering [blackface performance] took over from mummering to keep up the old custom. — 1976

forms

mummered · mummering · mummers

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