masque

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From Piazza San Marco to the Rialto, it was a gaudy blur of masquers and courtesans, actors, singers and sightseers.

From Time Magazine Archive

Others insisted they had seen her among the masquers at Helsingborg castle, on the evening of the king's bridal.

From King Eric and the Outlaws, Vol. 3 or, the Throne, the Church, and the People in the Thirteenth Century. Vol. I. by Ingemann, Bernhard Severin

Some are playing instruments of music; some are singing: some are bearing lights: at the back of the stage sit the 'Knights masquers.'

From The History of London by Besant, Walter, Sir

The masquers, who dined with forty of the chief nobles, kissed his majesty's hand.

From Old and New London Volume I by Thornbury, Walter

And so with Addison, we accustom ourselves to see him mixing in a crowd of masquers and dominos, or supping in upper chambers with ministers of state and tavern wits.

From A Cursory History of Swearing by Sharman, Julian