Search Result for "deaf-mute":
Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1. a deaf person who is unable to speak;
[syn: mute, deaf-mute, deaf-and-dumb person]
ADJECTIVE (1)
1. lacking the sense of hearing and the ability to speak;
[syn: deaf-and-dumb, deaf-mute]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Deaf-mute \Deaf"-mute`\, n. A person who is deaf and dumb; one who, through deprivation or defect of hearing, has either failed the acquire the power of speech, or has lost it. [See Illust. of Dactylology.] [1913 Webster] Deaf-mutes are still so called, even when, by artificial methods, they have been taught to speak imperfectly. [1913 Webster] deaf-muteness
