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Deaf-mute definition

dĕfmyo͝ot
A person who can neither hear nor speak.
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Alternative form of deaf-mute.
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Being deaf and unable to speak.
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Alternative form of deaf-mute.
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Unable to hear or speak.
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A person who is unable to hear or speak.
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Being deaf and unable to speak.
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A person who is deaf, esp. from birth, and therefore unable to speak: most deaf-mutes, having the necessary vocal organs, can learn to speak.
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Of or being a deaf-mute.
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A person who can neither hear nor speak.
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Other Word Forms

Noun

Singular:
deaf-mute
Plural:
deaf-mutes

Deaf-mute Sentence Examples

  • The deaf mute was also concealed in the Temple.

  • A child was in fact delivered to her agents, but he was a deaf mute.

  • The state charitable institutions - insane asylum, deaf-mute and blind institutes - and the penitentiary, are at Little Rock.

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