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mummer

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mum·mer  (mmr)
n.
1. A masked or costumed merrymaker, especially at a festival.
2.
a. One who acts or plays in a pantomime.
b. An actor.
[Middle English, from Old French momeur, from momer, to wear a mask, pantomime.]
mummer
Noun
one of a group of masked performers in a folk play or mime [Old French momer to mime]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.mummermummer - an actor who communicates entirely by gesture and facial expression
mime, mimer, pantomimer, pantomimist
actor, histrion, thespian, role player, player - a theatrical performer


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But the mummer had gone so far as to assume the type of the Red Death.
The Raven by Poe, Edgar Allan View in context
I am sure,' giggled Flora, tossing her head with a caricature of her girlish manner, such as a mummer might have presented at her own funeral, if she had lived and died in classical antiquity, 'I am ashamed to see Mr Clennam, I am a mere fright, I know he'll find me fearfully changed, I am actually an old woman, it's shocking to be found out, it's really shocking
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Before Natasha had finished singing, fourteen-year-old Petya rushed in delightedly, to say that some mummers had arrived.
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