Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who changes the appearance of another by a disguise; a disfigurer.
- noun One who conceals his real sentiments; one who assumes a disguise.
- noun A masquer; a mummer.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who, or that which, disguises.
- noun obsolete One who wears a disguise; an actor in a masquerade; a masker.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who, or that which,
disguises . - noun obsolete One who
wears a disguise; anactor in amasquerade ; amasker .
Etymologies
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Examples
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I picked up the phone again, engaging maximum encryption, a voice disguiser, and a masked code of my own to accommodate the server-link to Mahtani.
Sagittarius Whorl May, Julian 2001
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"Mr McInnes," they heard, metallic, voice-disguiser tones emanating from the small speaker next to the rotating spools of the cassette, which seemed to be operational in spite of the contraption's lack of casing and generally disembowelled appearance.
Boiling a Frog Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- 2000
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Despite the disguiser, they could make out that the voice was male, and there was enough tone in the accent for them to reckon he was English.
Boiling a Frog Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- 2000
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O! deaths a great disguiser, and you may add to it.
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A MASK -- a perpetual natural disguiser of herself,
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In places the shadow deepens: death intrudes itself on the scene, as among other [175] things "a great disguiser," blanching the features of youth and spoiling its goodly hair, touching the fine
Appreciations, with an Essay on Style Walter Pater 1866
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O, death's a great disguiser; and you may add to it.
Measure for Measure 1604
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_ O, death's a great disguiser; and you may add to it.
Measure for Measure The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.] William Shakespeare 1590
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(disguiser) of the French Army, he could disguise himself as a model of virtue (de se camoufler en bon garcon).
The White Road to Verdun Kathleen Burke 1922
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O, death’s a great disguiser; and you may add to it.
Measure for Measure 2004
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