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vizard


noun

  1. Archaic. a mask or visor.

noun

  1. archaic, or literary a means of disguise; mask; visor
n.

“mask,” 1550s, altered form of vysar, viser (see visor), by influence of words in -ard. Figurative use from 1570s; common 17c. Also applied to the person with the masks, and used as a verb meaning “to conceal.” Related: Vizarded; vizarding.

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