单词 | guiser |
释义 | guisern. Chiefly Scottish and northern. One who guises (see guise v. 3); a masquerader, a mummer. (Cf. guisard n.2, geezer n.) ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > mime > mumming > [noun] > mummer 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. ΘΚΠ 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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1488 |
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