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maskeries

maskeries is the plural of maskery.

Meaning of maskery

Noun

maskery (plural maskeries)

  1. (obsolete) The dress or disguise of a maske; a masquerade.
    • And Celſo, prethee let it be thy care to night / To haue ſome pretty ſhew, to ſolemnize / Our high inſtalement, ſome muſike maſkerie: / Weele giue faire entertaine vnto Maria […]c. 1603 (date written), Iohn Marston, The Malcontent, London: […] V[alentine] S[immes] for William Aspley, […], published 1604, →OCLC, Act V, scene iii

Questions about maskeries

What is maskeries the plural of?
Maskeries is the plural of maskery.

Words near maskeries in the dictionary

  1. maskerade
  2. maskerader
  3. maskeraders
  4. maskerades
  5. maskered
  6. maskeries
  7. maskering
  8. maskers
  9. maskery
  10. Maskes
  11. maskette

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