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Noun masquerade has 3 senses
- masquerade, masque, mask - a party of guests wearing costumes and masks
--1 is a kind of party
--1 has particulars: masked ball, masquerade ball, fancy-dress ball
- fancy dress, masquerade, masquerade costume - a costume worn as a disguise at a masquerade party
--2 is a kind of costume; disguise
--2 has parts: domino; false face
- masquerade - making a false outward show; "a beggar's masquerade of wealth"
--3 is a kind of pretense, pretence, pretending, simulation, feigning
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