mimern.
/ˈmʌɪmə/, U.S. /ˈmaɪmər/ A mimic, a buffoon or jester; a person who mimes.
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fool sagec1330
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ape-ward1362
japer1377
sage fool1377
harlotc1390
disporter?a1475
jocular?a1475
joculatora1500
jester?1518
idiot1526
scoffer1530
sporter1531
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vice1552
antic1564
bauble-bearer1568
scoggin1579
buffoon1584
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baladine1599
clown1600
fiddle1600
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ape-carrier1615
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mime-man1631
merry man1648
tomfool1650
pickle-herring1656
badine1670
puddingc1675
merry-andrew1677
mimical1688
Tom Tram1688
Monaghan1689
pickled herring1711
ethologist1727
court-foola1797
Tom1817
mimer1819
fun-maker1835
funny man1839
mimester1846
comic1857
comedian1860
jokesman1882
comique1886
Joey1896
tummler1938
alternative comedian1981
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1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. (at cited word) Jugglers and dancers, anticks, mummers, mimers.
1819 H. Busk Vestriad ii. 128 The Muse, who taught th' enliv'ning dance, In Greece to mimers, and to gods in France.
1835 W. Irving Newstead Abbey in Crayon Misc. II. 130 We had mummers and mimers too.
1965 Jrnl. Hist. Ideas 26 495 A Prince of Potus, when promised a gift by Nero, requested that he should be granted the services of a well-known mimer, who could replace the various interpreters that he needed to employ.
1979 Washington Post 29 Mar. d15/1 The parade will..proceed to the Corcoran Gallery, where mimers and mime troupes will perform Friday evening and all day Saturday.
2000 Sunday Times 19 Nov. 17/2 His obsession with gardening.., his love of Monty Python.., and his honorary presidency of the George Formby Appreciation Society all put him in a different league from the average mimer on Top of the Pops.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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