mummer vs parrot

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”) 

parrot

noun
  • A parroter; a person who repeats the words or ideas of others. 

  • A transponder. 

  • A kind of bird, many species of which are colorful and able to mimic human speech, of the order Psittaciformes or (narrowly) of the family Psittacidae. 

verb
  • To repeat (exactly what has just been said) without necessarily showing understanding, in the manner of a parrot. 

How often have the words mummer and parrot occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )