- a variation of masker.
masquer
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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It was also one of the most strenuous reportorial masquer ades since the New York World's Nellie Bly feigned madness for ten days in the lunatic asylum on Blackwell's Island.
From Time Magazine Archive
Before each mounted masquer rode a torch-bearer, whose right hand waved a scourge of flame, instead of a leathern thong.
From A Book About Lawyers by John Cordy Jeaffreson
Aristide suddenly bethought him of the furtive masquer of the night before.
From The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol by Alec Ball
Ah! and see, too, yonder masquer just now speaking those lines of fire.
From William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale by Henry Curling
The action was scarce noted ere the glittering beak of the masquer shot past the eyes of the judges, who doubted for an instant on whom success had fallen.
From The Bravo by James Fenimore Cooper
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