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antimasquer

antimasquer noun: one who takes part in an antimasque.

Noun

antimasquer (plural antimasquers)

  1. One who takes part in an antimasque.
    • The dauncers, masquers, antimasquers, and musicians did befor hand practice in the place where they were to present the masque, and the sceanes were artfully prepared (by Inigo Jones) att the lower end of the banquetting house, and all things were in readyness.1790, “Manners o fthe Time of Charles the First displayed in an Account of a Musical Mask”, in The New Annual Register, page 166
    • Next came a still more popular part—the antimasquers or comic and satirical part.1859, David Masson, The Life of John Milton

Forms of antimasquer

pluralantimasquers
alternative formantimasker

Questions about antimasquer

What does antimasquer mean?
Antimasquer means one who takes part in an antimasque.
What part of speech is antimasquer?
Antimasquer is a noun.
What is the plural of antimasquer?
The plural of antimasquer is antimasquers.

Words near antimasquer in the dictionary

  1. antimason
  2. antimasonic
  3. antimasonry
  4. antimasons
  5. antimasque
  6. antimasquer
  7. antimasquers
  8. antimasques
  9. antimastocyte
  10. antimasturbation
  11. antimaterial

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