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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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Examples of guise in a Sentence
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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In the shop, officially designated as Madame Leota’s Somewhere Beyond, hangs a portrait of Toombs in her Haunted Mansion guise.
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Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2025
The studios’ association with Bowers & Wilkins goes back several decades—the company’s loudspeakers first made their way into the Abbey Road’s control rooms back in the early 80s and have been there, in one guise or another, ever since.
—Simon Lucas, WIRED, 10 Dec. 2024
In this guise, an already stylish vehicle more sophisticated than ever.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 21 Jan. 2025
In its most recent guise, the company, which no longer has stores of its own, has made a return to the high street, re-emerging in 2021 through a deal with perennial brand collaborator and U.K. apparel powerhouse Next.
—Mark Faithfull, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
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Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2025
The studios’ association with Bowers & Wilkins goes back several decades—the company’s loudspeakers first made their way into the Abbey Road’s control rooms back in the early 80s and have been there, in one guise or another, ever since.
—Simon Lucas, WIRED, 10 Dec. 2024
In this guise, an already stylish vehicle more sophisticated than ever.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 21 Jan. 2025
In its most recent guise, the company, which no longer has stores of its own, has made a return to the high street, re-emerging in 2021 through a deal with perennial brand collaborator and U.K. apparel powerhouse Next.
—Mark Faithfull, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
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“Guise.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/guise. Accessed 6 Feb. 2025.
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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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