masker

American  

[mas-ker, mah-sker] / ˈmæs kər, ˈmɑ skər /

Or masquer

noun

1. a person who masks; a person who takes part in a masque.

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masker British  

/ ˈmɑːskə /

noun

1. a person who wears a mask or takes part in a masque

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Etymology

Origin of masker

First recorded in 1540–50; mask + -er ¹

Example Sentences

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masker

Their chief masker represents their demon Jurupari, but he does not appear to be treated with any particular respect.

From The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America by William Henry Giles Kingston

"Nope; we've come for you," was the answer of the first masker, who spoke in a disguised voice.

From The Dozen from Lakerim by Rupert Hughes

In the street I met a masker hurrying onward through the night, And something in his bearing told of one I called a friend.

From Stories in Verse by Henry Abbey

Then, addressing the masker, 'What, Joe?' says he at a venture.

From The Pearl of the Antilles, or An Artist in Cuba by Walter Goodman

With a great flourish of whip and legs—showing his frilled drawers—the masker pulls round to drive along the boulevard by the sea—the only place where one can drive.

From Sea and Sardinia by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence