Meaning

4 senses
  1. Something thought to bring good luck.

    I keep this red stone as a lucky mascot and always put it on my desk in exams.

    Maskottchen, Maskotte

    талисма́нtalismán

  2. 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.

    Maskottchen

    a character, animal or object that is adopted by a team or group as a symbolic figure

  3. A person engaged by an organization to portray its mascot in costume.

    He's been working as a mascot at local hockey games.

  4. A personality type characterized by reliance on humor and positivity to wish away conflicts and attempt to defuse potentially violent situations.

Examples

15 sentences
  1. Fursuits are basically mascot suits.

    Першочергово, фурсьюти - костюми маскотів. — Ahha

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  2. This dog is our regimental mascot.

    ruЭтот пёс - талисман нашего полка. — marafon

    deDieser Hund ist das Maskottchen unserer Einheit. — Sudajaengi

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  3. Cats are the mascot of the Internet.

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  4. Yuri looked really good as a mascot.

  5. The mascot's not cute, even by the most favorable standards.

Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
something thought to bring good luck:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
something thought to bring good luck:

Origin

Borrowed from French mascotte, from Occitan mascòta (“sortilege”), feminine diminutive of

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.

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