disguisern.
/dɪsˈɡʌɪzə/ One who disguises.
a. One who dresses himself up in order to act in a pageant; a masker or mummer, a guiser n.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > mime > mumming > [noun] > mummer
mummera1456
disguiser1481
guiser1488
guisard1626
guise-dancer1846
1481–90 Howard Househ. Bks. (Roxb.) 517 Payd..[for] stuff for dysgysers on Saynt Stevens day..xvj.d.
a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. clxiiii Fyre was put to the vesturis of the disguysers.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. lxvi Ye disguysers dissended from yt rock, & daunced a great space.
b. One who or that which changes appearances, and makes things appear other than they are.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > means of concealment > [noun] > one who disguises
concealerc1430
disguiser1586
incognito1638
masquerader1676
1586 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. I. 676 He must vse great prudence to discerne flatterers and disguisers of matters.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) iv. ii. 175 Oh, death's a great disguiser.
1729 J. Swift Let. to Pope 11 Aug. in Corr. (1963) III. 342 [He] is quite the reverse to you, unless you are a very dextrous disguiser.
1890 Temple Bar Jan. 22 The two main disguisers and disfigurers of humanity.
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