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Pantomimist

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Noun

1. mime, mimer, mummer, pantomimer, pantomimist

an actor who communicates entirely by gesture and facial expression

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Pantomimist

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noun
1. (in Britain)
a. 
a kind of play performed at Christmas time characterized by farce, music, lavish sets, stock roles, and topical jokes
. Sometimes shortened to: panto
b. 
(as modifier)
a pantomime horse
2. 
a theatrical entertainment in which words are replaced by gestures and bodily actions
3. 
action without words as a means of expression
4. 
(in ancient Rome) an actor in a dumb show
5. informal, mainly British
a confused or farcical situation
verb
6.  another word for mime (sense 5)

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Pantomimist

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noun
1. 
in ancient Rome
a. 
an actor who played his part by gestures and action without words
b. 
a drama played in action and gestures to the accompaniment of music or of words sung by a chorus
2. 
a. 
any dramatic presentation played without words, using only action and gestures
b. 
the art of acting in this way
3. 
action or gestures without words as a means of expression
4. 
in England, a type of entertainment presented at Christmastime, ending in a harlequinade
adjective
5. 
of or like pantomime
verb transitive, verb intransitiveWord forms: ˈpantoˌmimed or ˈpantoˌmiming
6. 
to express or act in pantomime

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Pantomimist

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n.
1. Communication by means of gesture and facial expression: Some tourists make themselves understood abroad by pantomime.
2.
a. The telling of a story without words, by means of bodily movements, gestures, and facial expressions.
b. A play, dance, or other theatrical performance characterized by such wordless storytelling.
c. An ancient Roman theatrical performance in which one actor played all the parts by means of gesture and movement, accompanied by a narrative chorus.
d. A player in such a performance.
3. A traditional British Christmas entertainment for children, usually based on nursery tales and featuring stock characters in costume who sing, dance, and perform skits.
v. pan·to·mimed, pan·to·mim·ing, pan·to·mimes
v.tr.
To represent or express by pantomime: pantomime a story on the stage; pantomimed "baby" by cradling an imaginary infant.
v.intr.
To express oneself in pantomime.

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