Definition of "maskers" [maskers]

• Plural form of masker. (noun)

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• "{45} We suspect that Lord Nelson's name was introduced out of respect to the late Jack Rider, of Linton (who is himself introduced into the following verse), an old tar who, for many years, was one of the 'maskers' in the district from whence our version was obtained."
• "Later in the evening "maskers" came to entertain them; and on one occasion, their host gave them up his own "good and soft bed, and threw himself upon a pallet in the same chamber." ["
• "An excerpt from a New York Times article published in 1899 after the jump, with details of the maskers 'hijinks -- which included boys and men running around in women's clothing."