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PANTOMIMER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pantomimer mean? 

PANTOMIMER (noun)
  The noun PANTOMIMER has 1 sense:

1. an actor who communicates entirely by gesture and facial expressionplay

  Familiarity information: PANTOMIMER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PANTOMIMER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An actor who communicates entirely by gesture and facial expression

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

mime; mimer; mummer; pantomimer; pantomimist

Hypernyms ("pantomimer" is a kind of...):

actor; histrion; player; role player; thespian (a theatrical performer)

Instance hyponyms:

Marceau; Marcel Marceau (French mime famous for his sad-faced clown (born in 1923))

Derivation:

pantomime (act out without words but with gestures and bodily movements only)


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