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masker

Pronunciation: /ˈmæskə(ɹ)/

The English word “masker” has 6 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To render giddy or senseless
  2. To be bewildered.
  3. To choke; stifle.
  4. To decay; rust.

noun

  1. One who wears a mask; one who appears in disguise at a masquerade or wears a mask in a ritual.
  2. That which masks (noise in a signal, etc.).

Etymology

From Middle English *maskeren, malskren (“to bewilder”) (compare Middle English bimalscren (“to bewitch”)), from Old English *malscrian (attested in derivative malscrung (“enchantment, charm”)), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *malskaz (“haughty”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mel- (“to beat, crush, grind”). Cognate with Middle Dutch malsch (“headstrong, zealous”). More at mask.

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