'Deaf-mute' definitions:
Definition of 'deaf-mute'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Lacking the sense of hearing and the ability to speak [syn: deaf-and-dumb, deaf-mute]
noun
A deaf person who is unable to speak [syn: mute, deaf- mute, deaf-and-dumb person]
Definition of 'Deaf-mute'
From: GCIDE
- 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