mummer
4 synonyms for mummer, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — Someone who wears a costume to hide who they are, for example at a festival or parade.
Synonyms
Rare, literary or technical
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Etymology
From Middle English mummer, mommer, equivalent to mum + -er, perhaps conflating with Old French momeor (“jester, entertainer”), from mommer (“to wear a mask”), from momon (“mask”). Compare German Mumme (“mask”), 16th Century German mummen (“to disguise oneself”), Middle Dutch mommen, mummen (“to go about in a mask, to...
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