masker
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of masker
Example Sentences
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He quietly passed his sword to the masker, who took it, smiled again, and disappeared in the crowd.
From The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 30, June 1893 An Illustrated Monthly by George Newnes
After each dance the masker produces a present for his partner—usually a pretty bit of jewelry.
From American Adventures A Second Trip 'Abroad at home' by Wallace Morgan
Mumm′er, one who makes sport in disguise: a masker: a buffoon; Mumm′ery, sport with a mask on or in disguise: great show without reality; Mumm′ing, the sports of mummers.—adj. pertaining to the sports of mummers.—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
Nor take stock of each new masker to see if he possibly wasn’t the expected Mr. Bransford?
From Bransford of Rainbow Range Originally Published under the title of Bransford in Arcadia, or, The Little Eohippus by Eugene Manlove Rhodes
The pavements were strewn with confetti and the litter of a Mardi Gras crowd, but nowhere was a masker to be seen.
From The Crimson Gardenia and Other Tales of Adventure by Rex Ellingwood Beach
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