meaning of masquerades

1. An assembly of persons wearing masks, and amusing themselves with dancing, conversation, or other diversions.
2.
A dramatic performance by actors in masks; a mask. See 1st Mask, 4.
3.
Acting or living under false pretenses; concealment of something by a false or unreal show; pretentious show; disguise.
4.
A Spanish diversion on horseback.
5.
To assemble in masks; to take part in a masquerade.
6.
To frolic or disport in disquise; to make a pretentious show of being what one is not.
7.
To conceal with masks; to disguise.
8.
making a false outward show; "a beggars masquerade of ">wealth"


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