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单词 mummer
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Definition of mummer in English:

mummer

noun ˈmʌməˈməmər
  • 1An actor in a traditional masked mime or a mummers' play.

    传统假面哑剧演员;英格兰民俗剧演员

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Carol singing, Morris-men, mummers, community plays are just a few of the traditions under threat from what is seen as an arbitrary piece of legislation.
    • While the traditional roles are not always filled by the same mummers, they have their favourites.
    • Since the Living History Society rekindled the mummers tradition some five years ago the youngsters involved have gone from strength to strength as well as raise funds for various charities.
    • You can hardly move for minstrels, mummers and madcaps: the rolling programme of ye olde entertainment includes music from the Singing Plague Victims and have-a-go heraldry for youngsters.
    • George and the Dragon was played all over the country by bands of mummers, who would blacken their faces with soot and wear animal masks and ragged costumes - some morris dance groups echo these once-pagan traditions today.
    • And in come the mummers, faces muffled and painted, outlandishly costumed in multicolored skirts, frock coats, long-johns, turned jackets, stuffed pants.
    • The mummers wore oversized, wire-constructed costumes and carried little umbrellas as they mummed along.
    • The young Mummers have gained quite a reputation and they were most recently involved in teaching a group off young people from Derrynoose the mummers rhymes.
    • Originally they were mummers, performing traditional plays, and they then became known as waits, who would tour the town every evening before Christmas.
    • Bulgaria welcomed 2003 with a blend of the modern and the traditional, with revellers jamming open-air concerts and mummers parading to ward off evil spirits.
    • On a happier note the young mummers from the village surprised one of their teachers by appearing at her wedding in Monaghan.
    • She told me about a time when the mummers were all getting together after they had been out for a while performing and collecting and they were having what was known as the mummers dance or ball.
    1. 1.1derogatory, archaic An actor in the theatre.
      〈古或贬〉演员

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French momeur, from momer 'act in a mime'; perhaps of Germanic origin.

Rhymes

bummer, comer, drummer, hummer, midsummer, plumber, rummer, strummer, summa, summer

Definition of mummer in US English:

mummer

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

    Example sentencesExamples
    • On a happier note the young mummers from the village surprised one of their teachers by appearing at her wedding in Monaghan.
    • You can hardly move for minstrels, mummers and madcaps: the rolling programme of ye olde entertainment includes music from the Singing Plague Victims and have-a-go heraldry for youngsters.
    • George and the Dragon was played all over the country by bands of mummers, who would blacken their faces with soot and wear animal masks and ragged costumes - some morris dance groups echo these once-pagan traditions today.
    • The mummers wore oversized, wire-constructed costumes and carried little umbrellas as they mummed along.
    • Originally they were mummers, performing traditional plays, and they then became known as waits, who would tour the town every evening before Christmas.
    • While the traditional roles are not always filled by the same mummers, they have their favourites.
    • Since the Living History Society rekindled the mummers tradition some five years ago the youngsters involved have gone from strength to strength as well as raise funds for various charities.
    • The young Mummers have gained quite a reputation and they were most recently involved in teaching a group off young people from Derrynoose the mummers rhymes.
    • And in come the mummers, faces muffled and painted, outlandishly costumed in multicolored skirts, frock coats, long-johns, turned jackets, stuffed pants.
    • Bulgaria welcomed 2003 with a blend of the modern and the traditional, with revellers jamming open-air concerts and mummers parading to ward off evil spirits.
    • Carol singing, Morris-men, mummers, community plays are just a few of the traditions under threat from what is seen as an arbitrary piece of legislation.
    • She told me about a time when the mummers were all getting together after they had been out for a while performing and collecting and they were having what was known as the mummers dance or ball.
    1. 1.1 A pantomimist.
    2. 1.2derogatory, archaic An actor in the theater.
      〈古或贬〉演员

Origin

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

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