: a person who wears a mask
especially
: a participant in a masquerade
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This revelation resonated with many maskers and instigated a shift in the culture fueled by intellectual and historical curiosity.
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Harriet Shepherd, Vogue, 5 Mar. 2025
By the late 1830s, New Orleans held street processions of maskers with carriages and horseback riders to celebrate Mardi Gras.
—Roger Sands, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
The maskers and their guests heralded Queen Rachel during the event, and the queen was seen onstage in the arena with various bands, including D Play and Dr. Zarr’s Amazing Funk Monster.
—Michael Dumas, al, 16 Feb. 2023
Anti-maskers?
—Adrienne So, WIRED, 9 Mar. 2023
The mosaic of horrible news includes the murder of George Floyd, the rise of anti-maskers and the Jan. 6 insurrection.
—Charles McNultytheater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2023
The masker, according to police reports, launched the metal bottle that struck the girl, who then had to be transported to a hospital for treatment.
—al, 6 Mar. 2022
At one point, he was served a drink by a sultry masker in powder blue, who, showing a generous Carnival spirit, had taken pity upon the overloaded bartenders and decided to pitch in to assist them.
—The Masked Observer, al, 20 Feb. 2022
Dark Hallway has deployed these words many times from the long end of a seafood buffet, as has the occasional masker from the confines of his or her float room while caressing a bottle of Dewer’s 15.
—The Masked Observer, al, 9 Feb. 2022
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Harriet Shepherd, Vogue, 5 Mar. 2025
By the late 1830s, New Orleans held street processions of maskers with carriages and horseback riders to celebrate Mardi Gras.
—Roger Sands, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
The maskers and their guests heralded Queen Rachel during the event, and the queen was seen onstage in the arena with various bands, including D Play and Dr. Zarr’s Amazing Funk Monster.
—Michael Dumas, al, 16 Feb. 2023
Anti-maskers?
—Adrienne So, WIRED, 9 Mar. 2023
The mosaic of horrible news includes the murder of George Floyd, the rise of anti-maskers and the Jan. 6 insurrection.
—Charles McNultytheater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2023
The masker, according to police reports, launched the metal bottle that struck the girl, who then had to be transported to a hospital for treatment.
—al, 6 Mar. 2022
At one point, he was served a drink by a sultry masker in powder blue, who, showing a generous Carnival spirit, had taken pity upon the overloaded bartenders and decided to pitch in to assist them.
—The Masked Observer, al, 20 Feb. 2022
Dark Hallway has deployed these words many times from the long end of a seafood buffet, as has the occasional masker from the confines of his or her float room while caressing a bottle of Dewer’s 15.
—The Masked Observer, al, 9 Feb. 2022
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“Masker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/masker. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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masker
noun
mask·er
ˈmas-kər 
: a person who wears a mask
especially
: one taking part in a masquerade
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