deaf-mute : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: deaf-mute	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for deaf-mute
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
deaf-mute adj lacking the sense of hearing and the ability to speak Synonym(s): deaf-and-dumb, deaf-mute n a deaf person who is unable to speak [syn: mute, {deaf- mute}, deaf-and-dumb person]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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}.] Deaf-mutes are still so called, even when, by artificial methods, they have been taught to speak imperfectly.