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masquer

British  
/ ˈmɑːskə /

noun

  1. a variant spelling of masker

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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 Jeaffreson, John Cordy

There was one fair masquer, however, to whom Aristide became peculiarly attracted.

From The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol by Ball, Alec

Ah! and see, too, yonder masquer just now speaking those lines of fire.

From William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale by Curling, Henry

No masquer this, but a grim messenger from the Shades, bringing dire warning to one, at least, of that gay company.

From Stories of the Border Marches by Lang, Jeanie

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