Definitions
a participant in a masquerade
Word origin
From Middle English *maskeren, malskren (“to bewilder”) (compare Middle English bimalscren (“to bewitch”)), from Old English *malscrian (attested in derivative malscrung (“enchantment, charm”)), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *malskaz (“haughty”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mel- (“to beat, crush, grind”). Cognate with Middle Dutch malsch (“headstrong, zealous”). More at mask.
Used in a sentence
“To masker their troubled heads the more, hee assaileth them with a great shout and maine violence.”
“But to the chamber which lies most westwardly of the seven, there are now none of the maskers who venture; for the night is waning away […].”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Masquerade participant”6 letters
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