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Mummer

/ˈmʌm.ə/

A person who dons a disguising costume, as for a parade or a festival.

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noun
  1. 1

    A person who dons a disguising costume, as for a parade or a festival.

  2. 2

    An actor in a pantomime; one who communicates entirely through gesture and facial expression.

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pantomimistnounOne who engages in pantomime.
pantomimernounA pantomime performer.
mimernounSomeone who mimes during a performance of a song
mimenounA form of acting without words; pantomime.

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pantomimistnounOne who engages in pantomime.
pantomimernounA pantomime performer.
mimernounSomeone who mimes during a performance of a song
mimenounA form of acting without words; pantomime.
guisernounA person in disguise, as for a parade or festival.
guysernounAlternative form of guiser. [A person in disguise, as for a parade or festival.]
guisardnoun(archaic) guiser, mummer
soulernoun(historical) A mummer or guiser.
muggernounA person who assaults and robs others, especially in a public place.
clownnounA slapstick performance artist often associated with a circus and usually characterized by bright, oversized clothing, a red nose, face paint, and a brightly colored wig.
mockernounA person who mocks.
galoshinnoun(Scotland) A mummer or guiser who performs in a midwinter Mummers play.
harlequinnounA pantomime fool, typically dressed in colorful checkered clothes, used as a stock character in commedia dell'arte and other genres.
mimmerkinnoun(archaic, Scotland, dialectal) A deformed or freakish person; a dwarf or dwarfish creature.
buffoonnounOne who performs in a silly or ridiculous fashion; a clown or fool.
mumpernoun(British, obsolete, slang) A beggar.
motleynounAn incongruous mixture.
wrenboynounA male mummer or guiser who takes part in Wren Day.
clownynoun(informal) Someone who acts in a clownlike manner.
dummerernoun(obsolete) Someone who pretends to be dumb (unable to speak), usually to get sympathy or for begging.

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