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   Mum·mer

   /ˈməmər/

   

   noun

   • 1. an actor in a traditional masked mime, especially of a type associated with Christmas and popular in England in the 18th and early 19th centuries.
   • ▪ a pantomimist.
   • ▪ an actor in the theater.

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French momeur, from momer ‘act in a mime’; perhaps of Germanic origin.

   Scrabble Points: 12

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