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: a form or style of dress : costume
attended the masquerade in the guise of a court jester
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he sneaked into the castle to rescue Ivanhoe in the guise of a priest coming to give Ivanhoe his last rites
she felt as though she should be wearing some sort of Germanic guise, complete with dirndl, for the fall festival featuring traditional German food and drink
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Nick Romano, EW.com, 19 Sep. 2024
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Nick Romano, EW.com, 19 Sep. 2024
In a movie about trash people hurting one another because of horny, Jerry is arguably the cruelest, wrapping his manipulative, coercive behavior inside the guise of artistic malaise and sensitivity.
—Sean Malin, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2024
In its new guise as an Israeli tanker, signs remain of the aircraft’s past life, a reminder of its age.
—Nic Robertson, CNN, 30 Sep. 2024
The sacred role of comedy, the leveled ground of conversation standing under the astute guise of humor is for many the last place left for the difficult conversations to occur.
—Michael Ghannoum, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Oct. 2024
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Guise 1 of 2
biographical name (1)
ˈgēz,
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ˈgwēz 
2nd Duc de 1519–1563 François de Lorraine French soldier and politician
Guise
2 of 2biographical name (2)
3rd Duc de 1550–1588 Henri I de Lorraine French soldier and politician
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