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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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  deaf-mute
       adj : lacking the sense of hearing and the ability to speak [syn:
             {deaf-and-dumb}]
       n : a deaf person who is unable to speak [syn: {mute}, {deaf-and-dumb
           person}]

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