mascot
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See also: Mascot
English
A mascot (1).
A mascot (2).
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from French mascotte, from Occitan mascòta (“sortilege”), feminine diminutive of masca (“witch”), from Old Occitan masca, from Medieval Latin masca (“specter, nightmare”). More at mask.
Pronunciation
Noun
mascot (plural mascots)
- Something thought to bring good luck.
- I keep this red stone as a lucky mascot and always put it on my desk in exams.
- Something, especially a person or animal, used to symbolize a sports team, company, organization or other group.
- Tommy the Tyke is the mascot of Barnsley FC.
- A person engaged by an organization to portray its mascot in costume.
- He's been working as a mascot at local hockey games.
- (psychology) A personality type characterized by reliance on humor and positivity to wish away conflicts and attempt to defuse potentially violent situations.
Derived terms
Translations
something thought to bring good luck
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something used to symbolize a sports team or other group
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Verb
mascot (third-person singular simple present mascots, present participle mascoting, simple past and past participle mascoted)
- (transitive, intransitive) To act as a mascot (for).
- 1908, The Mount Holyoke, volume 18, page 533:
- The seniors were “mascoted” by two little girls dressed in green dresses […]
- 2012, Norman L. Macht, Connie Mack: The Turbulent and Triumphant Years, 1915-1931, page 74:
- Unlike the popular, sunny Van Zelst, McLoon was a sassy, hard-boiled kid who had been mascoting for various athletic teams and prize fighters […]
- 2017, Paul Dickson, Leo Durocher: Baseball's Prodigal Son:
- Bennett then signed with the Brooklyn Dodgers, whom he mascoted to the 1921 pennant and two wins in the first three games of the World Series, which were played at home.