masker

/ˈmæskə(ɹ)/

masker means A surname. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 85 out of 100.

masker is pronounced /ˈmæskə(ɹ)/.

Etymology

From Middle English *maskeren, malskren (“to bewilder”) (compare Middle English bimalscren (“to bewitch”)), from Old English *malscrian (attested in derivative malscrung (“enchantment, charm”)), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *malskaz (“haughty”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mel- (“to beat, crush, grind”). Cognate with Middle Dutch malsch (“headstrong, zealous”). More at mask.

name

A surname.

verb

To render giddy or senseless“To masker their troubled heads the more, hee assaileth them with a great shout and maine violence.”
To be bewildered.
To choke; stifle.
To decay; rust.

noun

One who wears a mask; one who appears in disguise at a masquerade or wears a mask in a ritual.“But to the chamber which lies most westwardly of the seven, there are now none of the maskers who venture; for the night is waning away […].”
That which masks (noise in a signal, etc.).