MUM'MER, noun One who masks himself and makes diversion in disguise; originally, one who made sport by gestures without speaking. Jugglers and dancers, anticks, mummers. MUM'MERY, noun 1. Masking; sport; diversion; frolicking in masks; low contemptible amusement; buffoonery. Your fathers Disdained the mummery of foreign strollers. 2. Farcical show; hypocritical disguise and parade to delude vulgar minds.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI