harlequin vs mummer

harlequin

noun
  • A pantomime fool, typically dressed in colorful checkered clothes. 

  • A greenish-chartreuse color. 

  • A harlequin duck. 

  • Any of various riodinid butterflies of the genera Taxila and Praetaxila. 

adj
  • Of a greenish-chartreuse color. 

  • Brightly colored, especially in a pattern like that of a harlequin clown's clothes. 

verb
  • To make sport by playing ludicrous tricks. 

  • To remove or conjure away, as if by a harlequin's trick. 

mummer

noun
  • An actor in a pantomime; one who communicates entirely through gesture and facial expression. 

  • A person who dons a disguising costume, as for a parade or a festival. 

verb
  • Synonym of mum (“to act in pantomime or dumb show”) 

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