English

Verb

masker ‎(third-person singular simple present maskers, present participle maskering, simple past and past participle maskered)

1. (transitive, now chiefly dialectal) To render giddy or senseless

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Holland to this entry?)

   • 2000, Paul Salzman, Early Modern Women's Writing:

     He is so, for he is not one that sets forth to the wars with great resolutions and hopes, and returns with maskered fears, and despairs; neither is he like those that take more care, and are more industrious to get gay clothes, and fine feathers, [...]

2. (intransitive, now chiefly dialectal) To be bewildered.
3. (transitive, now chiefly dialectal) To choke; stifle.
4. (transitive, now chiefly dialectal) To decay; rust.

Synonyms

• (render giddy): confuse, bewilder, stupefy

Etymology 2

From mask +‎ -er.

Noun

masker ‎(plural maskers)

1. One who wears a mask; one who appears in disguise at a masquerade.
   • 1842, Edgar Allan Poe, ‘The Masque of the Red Death’:

     But to the chamber which lies most westwardly of the seven, there are now none of the maskers who venture; for the night is waning away […].

2. That which masks (noise in a signal, etc.).

Quotations

• For usage examples of this term, see Citations:masker.

Translations

Anagrams

• kermas
• makers
• markes

Danish

Noun

masker c

1. plural indefinite of maske

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: mas‧ker

Noun

masker n ‎(plural maskers, diminutive maskertje n)

1. mask

Verb

masker

1. first-person singular present indicative of maskeren
2. imperative of maskeren

Anagrams

• kamers, makers

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

masker m, f

1. indefinite plural of maske

Verb

masker

1. imperative of maskere

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• maskar m, f

Noun

masker f

1. indefinite plural of maske (Etymology 1)

masker m, f

1. indefinite feminine plural of maske (Etymology 2)

Swedish

Noun

masker

1. indefinite plural of mask