Mummer
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈmʌm.ə(ɹ)/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Mummer is a noun meaning A person who dons a disguising costume, as for a parade or a festival.
Meaning
A person who dons a disguising costume, as for a parade or a festival.
More Meanings
- An actor in a pantomime; one who communicates entirely through gesture and facial expression.
- Synonym of mum (“to act in pantomime or dumb show”).
Example Sentences
[To] perform as mummers, who act in relays of eight, at the worship of ancestors.
There is a general agreement that niggering [blackface performance] took over from mummering to keep up the old custom.
We mummered taverns and restaurants and the airport (the dead man went round and round on the luggage carousel). We mummered Portuguese fishing trawlers in the harbour, where the show worked despite the language barrier, […]
Word Forms
- mummers
- mummering
- mummered
Synonyms for mummer
Depending on context, synonyms include mime, mum, pantomimist, pantomimer, mimer.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include pantomimist, pantomimer, mimer, mime, guiser, guyser.
Related Dictionary Tools
Sources & Attribution
FreeDictionaryAPI.com / Wiktionary · Original source · CC BY-SA 4.0
Dictionary data is provided by FreeDictionaryAPI.com and sourced from Wiktionary under its stated license.