mascot

[mas-kot, -kuht]

noun

1. an animal, person, or thing adopted by a group as its representative symbol and supposed to bring good luck.

   The U.S. Navy mascot is a goat.

mascot

/ ˈmæskət /

noun

1. a person, animal, or thing considered to bring good luck

Word History and Origins

Origin of mascot¹

1880–85; < French mascotte < Provençal mascoto talisman, charm, derivative of masco sorceress. See mask

Word History and Origins

Origin of mascot¹

C19: from French mascotte, from Provençal mascotto charm, from masco witch

Example Sentences

In another viral deepfake video he grills and eats the game's infamous Pikachu mascot.

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Twenty-two supporters walked side-by-side with players in place of the traditional child mascots as part of an initiative involving the Alzheimer's Society.

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Some employees who were casual fans and had visited Claude started pushing for him to become an unofficial mascot.

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A striking 1970s poster from Cesar Chavez’s Farm Worker Press features Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata — rifle in one hand, sword in the other — reimagined as a mascot for California’s United Farm Workers.

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“Where I come from, Orwell had been turned into a kind of Cold War mascot.”

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