"dummerer" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: dummerers [plural]
Etymology: Related to dumb. Head templates: {{en-noun}} dummerer (plural dummerers)
  1. (obsolete) One who pretends to be dumb (unable to speak). Tags: obsolete Related terms: mute
    Sense id: en-dummerer-en-noun-k59Nk-0m Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC:",
          "text": "every village almost will yield abundant testimonies amongst us; we have dummerers , Abraham men, &c.",
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        "(obsolete) One who pretends to be dumb (unable to speak)."
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