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Mummer

MUM'MER, n. One who masks himself and makes diversion in disguise; originally, one who made sport by gestures without speaking. Jugglers and dancers, anticks, mummers. MUM'MERY, n. 1. Masking; sport; diversion...

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MUM'MER, n. One who masks himself and makes diversion in disguise; originally, one who made sport by gestures without speaking.

Jugglers and dancers, anticks, mummers.

MUM'MERY, n.

1. Masking; sport; diversion; frolicking in masks; low contemptible amusement; buffoonery.

Your fathers

Disdained the mummery of foreign strollers.

2. Farcical show; hypocritical disguise and parade to delude vulgar minds.

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