mimestern.
/ˈmʌɪmstə/, U.S. /ˈmaɪmstər/ rare.
= mime n.1 3.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > performance of jester or comedian > [noun] > jester or comedian
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1846 T. Cooper Baron's Yule Feast i. 11 And through the porch, a jocund crowd, They rush, with heart-born laughter loud; And still the merry mimesters call, With jest and gibe, ‘Laugh, losels all!’
1873 T. Cooper Paradise of Martyrs i. 5 The mimesters who beclout Themselves anew with rags of Rome.
1983 Listener 22–9 Dec. 50/2 And what on earth is that troupe of commedia dell'arte mimesters doing giving a show in the piazza?
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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