Noah Webster
Masquerade
MASQUERA'DE, noun
1. A nocturnal assembly of persons wearing masks, and amusing themselves with dancing, conversation and other diversions.
In courtly balls and midnight masquerades.
2. Disguise.
I came to visit thee in masquerade
3. A Spanish diversion on horseback.
MASQUERA'DE, verb intransitive To go in disguise.
1. To assemble in masks.
MASQUERA'DE, verb transitive To put in disguise.