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: a form or style of dress : costume
attended the masquerade in the guise of a court jester
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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Several actors donned the iconic guise of Ghostface in the Scream franchise, but one of the most intriguing is Billy Loomis (Skeet Ulrich) in the original film.
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Steven Thrash, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Oct. 2025
In this guise, Saverino is breathless with excitement.
—Christopher Smith, Oc Register, 14 Oct. 2025
All under Guadagnino’s scrupulous direction and cinematographer Malik Sayeed’s (Belly) visualization, the performative guise of Ivy League school decorum delivers as the perfect dichotomy to the serious nature of what these characters put each other through.
—Malik Peay, Essence, 9 Oct. 2025
But Robbie, ever the scrappy guy, already sees through the naïve guise and holds the FBI Task Force agent at gun point.
—Grace Byron, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2025
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Steven Thrash, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Oct. 2025
In this guise, Saverino is breathless with excitement.
—Christopher Smith, Oc Register, 14 Oct. 2025
All under Guadagnino’s scrupulous direction and cinematographer Malik Sayeed’s (Belly) visualization, the performative guise of Ivy League school decorum delivers as the perfect dichotomy to the serious nature of what these characters put each other through.
—Malik Peay, Essence, 9 Oct. 2025
But Robbie, ever the scrappy guy, already sees through the naïve guise and holds the FBI Task Force agent at gun point.
—Grace Byron, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2025
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“Guise.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/guise. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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Biographical Definition
Guise 1 of 2
biographical name (1)
ˈgēz,
also
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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