Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A person dressed and disguised for a masquerade. Hence—2. A person or thing disguised in any manner.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who masquerades; a person wearing a mask; one disguised.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who
masquerades ; a person wearing a mask; one disguised.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a participant in a masquerade
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Examples
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And whenever the masquerader is questioned by someone who is not totally devoid of critical thinking, the storyteller falls back on claims of those questioned details being officially considered ‘sensitive’ or ‘classified’ … and thus unavailable for comment or verification.
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He's a masquerader and anything he signs into law isn't valid.
Archive 2009-04-12 2009
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The entities that would be fooled by a masquerader are ones that don't really know me: my bank, my credit card company, places where I do online or offline shopping.
The Fallacy of the Fallacy of Identity Theft David Cowan 2009
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An article posted by a graphic designer named Mark Simonson refers to my once favored font as both an almost diabolical virus and a shameless masquerader -- a rip-off of the esteemed Helvetica, an evil spawn of Microsoft's techno-imperialism (apparently, Microsoft owns the licensing rights to Arial).
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I thus found myself suddenly and unexpectedly placed in the confessional, and had only time to recollect that I had been guided thither by a most friendly hand, and could not, perhaps, find a better public opportunity to lay down a disguise which began to resemble that of a detected masquerader.
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Now you may not get this at first, but if you've read the issue you would know that the "mystery masquerader" on the cover is none other than John F Kennedy.
Snark Free Corner for 2/18 | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources 2008
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“That notorious masquerader,” one expert called it, for mitochondrial disease throws on the mask of any number of illnesses.
The Life You Longed For Maribeth Fischer 2007
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“That notorious masquerader,” one expert called it, for mitochondrial disease throws on the mask of any number of illnesses.
The Life You Longed For Maribeth Fischer 2007
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“That notorious masquerader,” one expert called it, for mitochondrial disease throws on the mask of any number of illnesses.
The Life You Longed For Maribeth Fischer 2007
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“That notorious masquerader,” one expert called it, for mitochondrial disease throws on the mask of any number of illnesses.
The Life You Longed For Maribeth Fischer 2007
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