Masquerade | Mean of masquerade in English Dictionary

/ˌmæskəˈreɪd/

• Noun
• a party at which people wear masks and often costumes
• a way of appearing or behaving that is not true or real
1. Their happy marriage was all just a masquerade. [=charade]
2. She could not keep up the masquerade any longer.
• Verb
• to pretend to be someone or something else
1. He was masquerading under a false name.
2. The movie is about a spy who masquerades as a salesman.
3. a man masquerading as a woman