Synonyms for mummer
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : muhm-er |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈmʌm ər |
Top 10 synonyms for mummer Other synonyms for the word mummer
- copycat
- cut-up
- dolt
- droll
- farceur
- funnyperson
- funster
- gagman
- gagster
- harlequin
- humorist
- imitator
- impersonator
- impressionist
- joker
- jokesmith
- jokester
- life of the party
- madcap
- merry-andrew
- merrymaker
- mountebank
- mummer
- parodist
- parrot
- performer
- picador
- pierrot
- playactor
- player
- punch
- punchinello
- quipster
- ribald
- thespian
- trouper
- wag
- wisecracker
- wit
- zany
Définition of mummer
Origin :- "one who performs in a mumming, actor in a dumb show," early 15c., probably a fusion of Middle French momeur "mummer" (from Old French momer "mask oneself," from momon "mask") and Middle English mommen "to mutter, be silent," related to mum (interjection).
- As in mimic : noun person who imitates
- As in clown : noun joking person
- He had at hand a surer ladder to fame than the mummer's art.
- Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
- They ought at least, to give us a moorish dance, or some other mummer!
- Extract from : « Notre-Dame de Paris » by Victor Hugo
- But the mummer had gone so far as to assume the type of the Red Death.
- Extract from : « The Works of Edgar Allan Poe » by Edgar Allan Poe
- A steamer was bearing my lady-love into the presence of her mummer.
- Extract from : « The Confession of a Fool » by August Strindberg
- He was so much bigger than Mummer that it was hard to believe that they were own cousins.
- Extract from : « The Burgess Bird Book for Children » by Thornton W. Burgess
- Mummer's they shrunk so she couldn't wear 'em, and Jessy couldn't nuther.
- Extract from : « By the Light of the Soul » by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
- After some unholy admiration, she sent to speak to the mummer.
- Extract from : « The Wits and Beaux of Society » by Grace Wharton and Philip Wharton
- If the simpleton believes, the mummer has won the game, but he has not simulated real foolishness; he has simulated navet.
- Extract from : « Criminal Psychology » by Hans Gross
- It is as though we caught Ajax masquerading as a mummer, or Aeschylus dressed up in cap and bells.
- Extract from : « Suspended Judgments » by John Cowper Powys
- I persuaded the head of our mummer troop to write out their play as it was handed down to him by his predecessors.
- Extract from : « A Cotswold Village » by J. Arthur Gibbs
Antonyms for mummer
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