Definition of "masker" [mask•er]

• One who wears a mask, especially a participant in a masquerade or masque. (noun)

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• "Simultaneous masking occurs when a set of sounds are made inaudible by another "masker" set of sounds for the same duration as the original sound."
• "'masker' being used sometimes of the players, and sometimes of their disguises."
• "In all haste the masker crept out of his disguise, unwilling to abide a third buffet from the lance of the enraged Knight."