"vizard" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈvɪzəd/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-vizard.wav [Southern-England] Forms: vizards [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪzə(ɹ)d Etymology: An alteration of visor by confusion of the ending. Head templates: {{en-noun}} vizard (plural vizards)
  1. (archaic) A mask (cover for the face, used for disguise, protection, etc.) Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-vizard-en-noun-12ESmrSN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 20 33 36
  2. (archaic) A visor (part of a helmet covering the face). Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-vizard-en-noun-GVRlwGf1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 20 33 36
  3. (archaic, figuratively) Outward appearance; pretense. Tags: archaic, figuratively
    Sense id: en-vizard-en-noun-B6MUIsZj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 20 33 36
  4. Alternative spelling of visard (“type of mask”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: visard (extra: type of mask)
    Sense id: en-vizard-en-noun-mCxJiu40 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 20 33 36
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: vizzard

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          "text": "1697, William Dampier, A New Voyage Round the World, Other Islands in the Gulf of Amapalla,\nThese salutations being ended, they all marched towards the church, for that is the place of all public meetings, and all plays and pastimes are acted there also; therefore in the churches belonging to Indian towns they have all sorts of vizards, and strange antick dresses both for men and women, and abundance of musical hautboys and strumstrums."
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