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NOUN:
  1. A dramatic entertainment, usually performed by masked players representing mythological or allegorical figures, that was popular in England in the 16th and early 17th centuries.
  2. A dramatic verse composition written for such an entertainment.
  3. See masquerade.
ETYMOLOGY:
French ; see mask


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