Hypertext Webster Gateway: "mummer"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Mummer \Mumm"er\, n. [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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
mummer
n : an actor who communicates entirely by gesture and facial
expression [syn: {mime}, {mimer}, {pantomimer}, {pantomimist}]
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