Associations to the word «Mummer»

Wiktionary

MUMMER, noun. A person who dons a disguising costume, as for a parade or a festival.
MUMMER, noun. An actor in a pantomime; one who communicates entirely through gesture and facial expression.

Dictionary definition

MUMMER, noun. An actor who communicates entirely by gesture and facial expression.

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky