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mummers

mummers is the third-person singular simple present indicative of mummer.

mummers is the plural of mummer.

Meaning of mummer

Verb

mummer (third-person singular simple present mummers, present participle mummering, simple past and past participle mummered)

  1. Synonym of mum (“to act in pantomime or dumb show”).
    • There is a general agreement that niggering [blackface performance] took over from mummering to keep up the old custom.1976, Cake and Cockhorse, volume 7, page 220
    Synonyms:
    mum

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Questions about mummers

What is mummers the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Mummers is the third-person singular simple present indicative of mummer.

Words near mummers in the dictionary

  1. mummer
  2. mummered
  3. mummeries
  4. mummering
  5. mummerings
  6. mummers
  7. Mummerset
  8. Mummert
  9. Mummerts
  10. mummery
  11. Mummes

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