• (RP) IPA: /ˈmʌm.ə/
• (RP) IPA: /ˈmʌm.ɚ/

mummer (plural mummers)

1. A person who dons a disguising costume, as for a parade or a festival.
2. An actor in a pantomime; one who communicates entirely through gesture and facial expression.
   • 1883, Fielde, Adele Marion, “{l”, in A Pronouncing and Defining Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect, Arranged According to Syllables and Tones, Shanghai: American Presbyterian Mission Press, [//archive.org/stream/pronouncingdefin00fielrich/pronouncingdefin00fielrich#page//mode/1up page zhx-teo]:

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• (actor in a pantomime) mime

• mummery
• mumchance

• Portuguese: fantasiado

• French: mime
• Portuguese: mímico