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vizard

American  
[viz-erd] / ˈvɪz ərd /
Or visard

noun

  1. Archaic. a mask or visor.


vizard British  
/ ˈvɪzəd /

noun

  1. archaic a means of disguise; mask; visor

"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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Etymology

Origin of vizard

1545–55; variant of visor; see -ard

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I have seen men strive for rectitude, and in the end, take off the vizard of right to discover only self there.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

I knew her the moment I saw her, despite the fact that she wore a full vizard and a long cloak.

From The Touchstone of Fortune by Major, Charles

Unvizard, un-viz′ard, v.t. to divest of a vizard.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

But he merely said—"Pray, Monsieur, what is a vizard?"

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 343, May 1844 by Various

She wore a long dark cloak, a small bonnet, and a full vizard which covered her entire face.

From The Touchstone of Fortune by Major, Charles

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