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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

Example Sentences

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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

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

Today, at 40, raven-haired, bulbous-nosed Sid Field is saluted as perhaps England's finest pantomimist since Charlie Chaplin sailed for the U.S.

From Time Magazine Archive

I remember well the Frenchwoman Celeste, a splendid pantomimist, and her emotional "Wept of the Wishton-Wish."

From Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy by Whitman, Walt

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