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Meanings of mummer in English

Portuguese
mímica
Catalan
mim
Spanish
pantomimo

An actor who communicates entirely by gesture and facial expression.

mímica
Usage of mummer in English
1
Truly, I shall be glad to get quit of this heartless mummer.
Pagan Papers
2
He is more likely some fool or mummer pretending as a favor.
The White Queen
3
Not a mummer has stalked forth; not an auditor sits waiting.
The Mettle of the Pasture
4
They say you want to give your daughter in marriage to a mummer.
The Shopkeeper Turned Gentleman
5
They remained there for some time, still as a mummer's tableau.
The Bone Doll's Twin
6
The Yunkai'i played us a mummer's farce, with noble Hizdahr as chief mummer.
A Dance with Dragons
7
We had no masques, no mummer shows, no balls or fairs.
A clash of kings
8
He had at hand a surer ladder to fame than the mummer's art.
The Man Shakespeare and His Tragic Life Story
9
The one on the end was some sort of damned mummer.
A clash of kings
10
Perhaps a mummer's play or some manner of puppet show?
The Wise Man’s Fear
11
Had he then gone out of the world in the garb of a mummer?
Mrs. Falchion, Volume 1.
12
A collective mummer of outrage came from the Ship Masters.
Ghosts of Onyx
13
I promise you, this mummer's farce of a siege would not have amused him.
A feast for crows
14
The prince laughed, as he always laughed when his bodyguard did this mummer's farce.
A Game of Thrones
15
On Monday 16th March, spend the afternoon with balladeer, mummer and storyteller Seán Fitzgerald.
The Irish Times
16
Kraken and dark flame, lion and griffin, the sun's son and the mummer's dragon.
A Dance with Dragons
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