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A person who acts in a mummers' play or (originally) in a mime. Also in extended use. See mummers' play, n.
One who disguises. One who dresses himself up in order to act in a pageant; a masker or mummer, a guiser, n.
One who guises (see guise, v. 3); a masquerader, a mummer. (Cf. guisard, n.2, geezer, n.)
One who goes about in a fantastic guise or dress; a masquerader, a mummer. See also guiser, n.