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Recent Examples of mummer Passyunk Avenue also features a replica of the mummers costume Jason wore during a parade after the Eagles won the Super Bowl in 2018. Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 28 June 2024 For Martin, any rivalry between the shows is a mummer’s farce (that is, foolish). James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 July 2022 Kraken and dark flame, lion and griffin, the sun's son and the mummer's dragon. Abby Gardner, Glamour, 13 May 2019 Attendees will be led in traditional songs from England, Ireland, and the United States, and Revels will perform a mummers play. Leslie Anderson, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Mar. 2018 Troupes of mimes and acrobats, musicians and mummers were ubiquitous in early modern Europe. A. O. Scott, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mummer
Noun
  • One stuntman on New Amsterdam was directed to pantomime with me but refused.
    Jon Hart, HollywoodReporter, 3 June 2025
  • It must be said, however, that the performance sensibility is somewhere between English pantomime and a Nickelodeon sitcom.
    Rod Stafford Hagwood, Sun Sentinel, 15 May 2025
Noun
  • There are literally dozens of acting categories at the Emmys, meaning there are dozens of fashion moments from your favorite TV actors and actresses.
    Glamour, Glamour, 15 Sep. 2025
  • This was also the actor’s (and Them June cover star’s) first-ever Emmy nomination, which makes his victory all the more impressive.
    James Factora, Them., 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Swift and Lively’s long friendship had been a distinct sub-plot in the IEWU legal battles, with tabloid fodder that the duo have fallen out over the controversy adverse Eras Tour performer getting tainted with the whole thing.
    Dominic Patten, Deadline, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The legendary performer had frequented that particular hospital during the last years of his life, according to ABC News.
    Lynsey Eidell, People.com, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Japanese actress Megumi Odaka, who’s appeared in six Godzilla films, crafted a deeply personal foreword.
    Michael Taube, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
  • On September 8, the actress declared the start of jacket season while walking the streets of the Big Apple in a white button-up shirt, shiny black pants, and an oversized brown trench coat.
    Averi Baudler, People.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The actors were mimes who were in costume, while the background plates were shot in Africa.
    Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 26 Aug. 2025
  • One of the world's biggest events, but artists pay their own way Every August, Edinburgh's streets fill with acrobats, mimes, and people in all sorts of costumes.
    Lauren Frayer, NPR, 25 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Nothing sends chills down your spine like evil clowns, undead monsters and a filthy car.
    Charlie Vargas, Oc Register, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Someone should be impeaching this Laporta clown.
    Pol Ballus, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025

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“Mummer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mummer. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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