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What is the noun for masquerade?

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masquerade
  1. A party or assembly of people wearing masks, and amusing themselves with dancing, conversation, or other diversions.
  2. (fandom slang) A cosplay event at which costumed attendees perform skits on a stage.
  3. (obsolete) A dramatic performance by actors in masks; a mask. See “mask
  4. Acting or living under false pretenses; concealment of something by a false or unreal show; pretentious show; disguise.
  5. (archaic) A Spanish entertainment in which squadrons of horses charge at each other, the riders fighting with bucklers and canes.
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  7. Examples:
    1. “There are some journalists who are very opinionated, and whose masquerade of objectivity is easy to see through.”
      “Arabella had chosen to attend the masquerade as a Spanish Lady, and her Aunt had chosen to go as Mary, Queen of Scotts.”
masquerader
  1. One who masquerades; a person wearing a mask or disguise.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Reese says the Norwoods were operating under the co-dependent and the masquerader scripts.”
      “This crest mask represents a woman and is worn with a white mesh suit, which extends over the head of the masquerader.”
      “Twice she had tried to get Hentzi aside and learn what news, if any, had come of the masquerader.”
masquer
  1. One who appears in disguise at a masquerade.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Nay, my sweet friend, after I have waited for you so long, you come not to my bower to play the masquer.”
      “The masquer who was pronounced to be Orloff followed her everywhere, and did not let her out of his sight for a moment.”
      “Several times I saw her speaking in Russian to one masquer and another.”
masquerading
  1. The act of one who masquerades.
  2. Synonyms:
masqueradings
masqueraders
  1. plural of masquerader
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  3. Examples:
    1. “These masqueraders may well be members of a Congo cabildo who have agreed to be photographed in one of Havana's best-known photography studios.”
      “Ekeleke masqueraders dance gracefully on short stilts, wear George-cloth wrappers, and cover their faces with a piece of lace.”
      “There was an explosion of colour, creativity and artistry on display among the masqueraders.”
masquerades
masquers
  1. plural of masquer
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