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pantomimist

American  
[pan-tuh-mahy-mist] / ˈpæn təˌmaɪ mɪst /

noun

  1. a person who acts in pantomime.

  2. the author of a pantomime.


Etymology

Origin of pantomimist

First recorded in 1830–40; pantomime + -ist


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Reo King Sanshiro, a pantomimist, was standing outside a Chinese restaurant on a busy street in Kumamoto City.

From New York Times ● Oct. 21, 2017

On their exhibition-game junket through Japan, the Brooklyn Dodgers, World Series losers, discovered in their own ranks a superb pantomimist whose antics delighted Japanese baseball fans and even amused his hard-shelled teammates.

From Time Magazine Archive

The role of Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons, was entrusted to a young foreign woman—Rosamond Pinchot of the U. S. As the nun in The Miracle she had won recognition as a pantomimist.

From Time Magazine Archive

A gifted dialectician, a truly artistic pantomimist and a master of timing ...

From Time Magazine Archive

Good fortune worked no change in Brown, Though she's a mighty social chymist: He was a clown—and by a clown I do not mean a pantomimist.

From Bab Ballads and Savoy Songs by Sir W. S. (William Schwenck) Gilbert

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