Definition of Mascaron

1. a door-knocker [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mascaron

mas'r
masa
masala
masala chai
masalas
masaman
masas
masc
mascagnite
mascara
mascaraed
mascaraing
mascaras
mascaron (current term)
mascarons
mascarpone
mascarpones
maschaladenitis
maschale
maschalephidrosis
maschaloncus
maschalyperidrosis
mascle
mascled
mascles
mascon
mascons
mascot

Literary usage of Mascaron

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Method of Teaching and Studying the Belles Lettres: Or, An Introduction by Charles Rollin (1804)
"The foregoing Subject, as treated by M. mascaron, in the Funeral Oration of M. Turenne. " Do not imagine, that our hero lost those re- " ligious sentiments ..."

2. The General Biographical Dictionary: Containing an Historical and Critical by Alexander Chalmers (1815)
"mascaron was so much admired there, that his sermons were said to be formed for a court; ... P. mascaron was appointed to the bishopric of Tulles, 1671, ..."

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