[To] perform as mummers, who act in relays of eight, at the worship of ancestors.
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Mummer
//ˈmʌm.ə(ɹ)//
Synonyms for "mummer" (91 found)
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Closest matches (19)
Strong matches (27)
Related words (45)
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Translations
15 translations across 8 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- мим noun (actor in a pantomime)
Czech
2 entries- maškara noun (person who dons a disguising costume)
- mim noun (actor in a pantomime)
Dutch
1 entries- pantomimespeler noun (actor in a pantomime)
French
1 entries- mime noun (actor in a pantomime)
German
4 entries- Mumme noun (person who dons a disguising costume)
- Pantomime noun (actor in a pantomime)
- Pantomimenspieler noun (actor in a pantomime)
- verkleideter Mensch noun (person who dons a disguising costume)
Polish
1 entries- mim noun (actor in a pantomime)
Portuguese
4 entries- fantasiado noun (person who dons a disguising costume)
- momo noun (person who dons a disguising costume)
- momo noun (actor in a pantomime)
- mímico noun (actor in a pantomime)
Swedish
1 entries- mimare noun (actor in a pantomime)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
There is a general agreement that niggering [blackface performance] took over from mummering to keep up the old custom.
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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, […]
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