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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
masque /mɑːsk/

▶noun a form of amateur dramatic entertainment, popular in 16th- and 17th-century England, which consisted of dancing and acting performed by masked players.

– derivatives
masquer noun.

– origin C16: prob. a back-form. (influenced by Fr. masque ‘mask’) from masker ‘person wearing a mask’.

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