mascot

[ mas-kot, -kuht ]

/ ˈmæs kɒt, -kət /

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noun

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.

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Origin of mascot

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

Words nearby mascot

Mascarene Islands, mascaron, mascarpone, mascle, mascon, mascot, Mascouche, masculine, masculine caesura, masculine ending, masculine pelvis

How to use mascot in a sentence

To get your fix and put some hair on Pelon, the candy’s bald mascot, just hold on to the plastic wings and press down.
The Ultimate Guide to Mexican Snacks|Bill Esparza|September 17, 2020|Eater
As for the rest of our presidential forecast, let our forecast mascot Fivey Fox guide you through it.
How We Designed The Look Of Our 2020 Forecast|Anna Wiederkehr (anna.wiederkehr@abc.com)|August 13, 2020|FiveThirtyEight
Seventeen of the league’s 26 primary mascots can be found on land — the highest number of mascots in that category across the five leagues.
For Aspiring Performers, The NBA Is The Best Place To Be A Mascot|Josh Planos|July 17, 2020|FiveThirtyEight
For this exercise, we considered only the leading, most public-facing mascot for each team, and if a team has multiple signature mascots, we used the one with the earliest origin year.
For Aspiring Performers, The NBA Is The Best Place To Be A Mascot|Josh Planos|July 17, 2020|FiveThirtyEight

I think a lot of us who are mascots never necessarily fit into any club.
For Aspiring Performers, The NBA Is The Best Place To Be A Mascot|Josh Planos|July 17, 2020|FiveThirtyEight
The support of a mascot has confused Christianity and sports.
Sherman Alexie on His New Film, the Redskins, and Why It's OK to Laugh at His Work|William O’Connor|August 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Joe Camel: For about a decade beginning in 1987, Camel started to market its products using a mascot called “Old Joe.”
Big Tobacco’s Biggest Lies|Gideon Resnick|January 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
What if a Serb mortar team carried a little ginger cat as their mascot?
5 War Books You May Not Have in Your Library|Jake Tapper|November 11, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The fact is, the mascot may be the quiet kid sitting next to you in class with his head down.
Hulu is the New Netflix: Why You Should Watch ‘Behind the Mask’|Anna Brand|October 30, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Greenbaum says Michael Hostetter, the most introverted mascot of the bunch, is also the most unpredictably exciting.
Hulu is the New Netflix: Why You Should Watch ‘Behind the Mask’|Anna Brand|October 30, 2013|DAILY BEAST
They take him along whenever they play games, thinking the mascot helps them to win.
Squinty the Comical Pig|Richard Barnum
It's a kind of obsession, and it often means life or death, whether the mascot can stand the strain of the situation.
You Never Know Your Luck, Complete|Gilbert Parker
Mascot means simply a temple, and is used by the Yezidis for mosques and churches as well as for their own shrine.
The Cradle of Mankind|W.A. Wigram
It is both a souvenir, and a mascot; for the hair is from the head of my girl chum Margot.
Fifty-Two Stories For Girls|Various
We are here to drink a bottle of wine together, mademoiselle and I, mademoiselle who was at once my instructress and my mascot.
Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo|E. Phillips Oppenheim

British Dictionary definitions for mascot

mascot

/ (ˈmæskət) /

noun

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

Word Origin for mascot

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

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