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单词 guiser
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guisern.

Brit. /ˈɡʌɪzə/, U.S. /ˈɡaɪzər/, Scottish English /ˈɡaɪzər/
Forms: Middle English gyser, Middle English, 1700s gysar, 1500s gysour, 1800s guisar, guisor, guizer, guyser, guiser.
Etymology: < guise v. + -er suffix1.
Chiefly Scottish and northern.
One who guises (see guise v. 3); a masquerader, a mummer. (Cf. guisard n.2, geezer n.)
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mummera1456
disguiser1481
guiser1488
guisard1626
guise-dancer1846
1488 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 93 Item, in Lannerik, to dansaris and gysaris, xxxvis.
1572 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xxxviii. 14 For gysours, deuysours, the Guysianis ar gude.
a1586 Sir R. Maitland in Pinkerton M. Poems (1786) 298 I saw no gysars all this yeir, Bot—kirkmen cled lyk men of weir.
1864 J. H. Burton Scot Abroad I. v. 309 Those who thus go a-masking on New Year's eve..are called..guizers.
1878 T. Hardy Return of Native I. ii. iv. 273 The guisers themselves..could not afford to offend those by whose assistance they so largely profited.

Derivatives

ˈguiser v. (intransitive) to act as a mummer, to go masquerading; cf. guisard vb. at guisard n.2 Derivatives.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > mime > mumming > mum [verb (intransitive)]
muma1456
guisard1815
mummer1901
guiser1907
janney1964
1907 D. H. Lawrence in Notts. Guardian 7 Dec. 17/2 Hey, we're going to the Mill guysering.
1932 J. M. E. Saxby Shetland Trad. Lore 77 On Hallowe'en the Grüliks went a-guisaring.
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