meaning of masquerades
1. An assembly of persons wearing masks, and amusing themselves with dancing, conversation, or other diversions.
2. A dramatic performance by actors in masks; a mask. See 1st Mask, 4.
3. Acting or living under false pretenses; concealment of something by a false or unreal show; pretentious show; disguise.
4. A Spanish diversion on horseback.
5. To assemble in masks; to take part in a masquerade.
6. To frolic or disport in disquise; to make a pretentious show of being what one is not.
7. To conceal with masks; to disguise.
8. making a false outward show; "a beggars masquerade of
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Related Words
masquerade | masquerade ball | masquerade costume | masqueraded | masquerader | masquerading |
