1. deaf-mute - Noun
2. deaf-mute - Adjective
3. deaf-mute - Adjective Satellite
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.
Source: Webster's dictionarydeaf mute
Love is blind, and a deaf-mute too. Patrick Rothfuss
Gallaudet's son, Edward Miner Gallaudet founded a school for the deaf in 1857 in Washington, D.C., which in 1864 became the National Deaf-Mute College. Source: Internet
Kept hidden away from the outside world, Rose is a deaf-mute who worships stage and silent screen star Lillian Mayhew. Source: Internet
The deaf-mute boy playing war may have been a figment of Bierce’s imagination, but the writer no doubt looked into the face of despair and emptiness that day if he chanced upon Eliza Glenn or one of the other Chickamauga refugees. Source: Internet