Masquerade ball - Wikipedia Masquerade balls were a feature of the Carnival season in the 15th century, and involved increasingly elaborate allegorical Royal Entries, pageants, and triumphal processions celebrating marriages and other dynastic events of late medieval court life
MASQUERADE Definition Meaning - Dictionary. com Masquerade definition: a party, dance, or other festive gathering of persons wearing masks and other disguises, and often elegant, historical, or fantastic costumes See examples of MASQUERADE used in a sentence
masquerade noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes . . . Definition of masquerade noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary (formal) a way of behaving that hides the truth or a person’s true feelings He was tired of the masquerade and wanted the truth to come out The Oxford Learner’s Thesaurus explains the difference between groups of similar words
masquerade - Wiktionary, the free dictionary masquerade (plural masquerades) (also attributively) An assembly or party of people wearing (usually elaborate or fanciful) masks and costumes, and amusing themselves with dancing, conversation, or other diversions I was invited to the masquerade party at their home
Masquerade - definition of masquerade by The Free Dictionary 1 a festive gathering of people wearing masks and costumes 2 a costume worn at such a gathering 3 false outward show; pretense 4 to represent oneself falsely 5 to disguise oneself 6 to take part in a masquerade mas`quer•ad′er, n
Masquerade - Definition, Meaning Synonyms - Vocabulary. com To masquerade means "to pretend to be someone else " If you masquerade as a sweet, kind-hearted person, you present that image to the world, hiding your true identity as a jerk who has rage issues As a verb, masquerade can also mean to dress up as someone else, in costume