masquerader

Noun

masquerader (plural masqueraders)

1. One who masquerades; a person wearing a mask or disguise.
   • Streetlife serenader
     Never sang on stages
     Needs no orchestration
     Melody comes easy
     Midnight masquerader
     Shopping center heroes
     Child of Eisenhower
     New world celebrator
     […]
     Midnight masqueraders
     Working hard for wages
     Need no vast arrangements
     To do their harmonizing1974, Billy Joel, “Streetlife Serenader”, in Streetlife Serenade, performed by Billy Joel
   • The man dressed in red with the white mask and the little house on his head processed through the estate, blowing his conch, and the masqueraders danced, the singing exploded, much rum was taken, and it didn’t end till the sun came up[.]2023, Zadie Smith, The Fraud, Hamish Hamilton, page 265

   Synonyms:

   masker