Disguiser
/dɪsˈɡaɪ.zər/noun
A person or thing that disguises or conceals identity.
Did you know?The core of disguise goes back through Old French to a Germanic word family tied to shape or form, which is why the word carries the eerie sense of making something look like what it is not.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*wīsō
“shape, manner, form”
Old French
OF
desguiser
“to alter the appearance of; to mask”
Middle English
ME
disguisen
“to change one's dress or appearance to conceal identity”
Modern English
English
disguiser
“one who disguises or conceals identity”