guisard
[ gahy-zerd ]
noun
Scot. and North England. a person who wears a mask; mummer.
Origin of guisard
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How to use guisard in a sentence
Some guisard doubtless told him of what had occurred between Amyot and the queen-mother.
Catherine de' Medici | Honore de BalzacI have quite a collection of knives—some guisard, and some Italian, but mostly of Toledo make.
The White Plumes of Navarre | Samuel Rutherford CrockettThe man affects to be a fanatical guisard; we four only know that he is on our side.
The Works of Honor de Balzac | Honor de BalzacThe great guisard; and here's the arm that will do the trick.
A Popular History of France From The Earliest Times | Francois Pierre Guillaume Guizot
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