MUMMER, MUMMING
(a disguising oneself, especially for festivities)
NOUNS
► MUMMERING participation in a mummers’ play → 1884 chiefly Can.
► MUMMERY participation in a mummers’ play → 1465 hist.
► MUMMING participation in a mummers’ play → 1417 hist.
NOUNS – PERSON
► FANTASTIC a mummer → 1899 Amer. dial.
► FANTASTICAL a mummer → 1838 Amer. dial.
► GUISARD a person who goes about in a fantastic guise or dress; a masquerader; a mummer → 1626 chiefly Sc.
► GUISER a person who goes about in fantastic guise; a masqueraqder; a mummer → 1488 chiefly Sc. & Eng. dial.
► MASKER a mummer, a guiser → 1848 Eng. dial.
► MUMMER a person who acts in a mummers’ play or in a mime → a1456
VERBS
► MUM to perform as a mummer; to act in a mime or dumb-show → a1456
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