1
: 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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The addition of countries such as Egypt and Ethiopia has meant that BRICS has increasingly taken on the guise of the Global South forum.
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Jorge Heine, The Conversation, 7 July 2025
Purified and reclaimed, these guises can take their place next to the other parts of her ever-expanding self-myth.
—Mitch Therieau, New Yorker, 2 July 2025
Recent Results and Performances Having missed out on the Olympics last year, England’s only competitive action in the last year came in the Nations League, both in its guise as the Euro qualifying tournament and its standard format earlier this year.
—Neel Shelat, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025
What’s uncontested is that evolution in any guise has surprises in store.
—IEEE Spectrum, 26 June 2025
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Jorge Heine, The Conversation, 7 July 2025
Purified and reclaimed, these guises can take their place next to the other parts of her ever-expanding self-myth.
—Mitch Therieau, New Yorker, 2 July 2025
Recent Results and Performances Having missed out on the Olympics last year, England’s only competitive action in the last year came in the Nations League, both in its guise as the Euro qualifying tournament and its standard format earlier this year.
—Neel Shelat, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025
What’s uncontested is that evolution in any guise has surprises in store.
—IEEE Spectrum, 26 June 2025
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“Guise.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/guise. Accessed 18 Jul. 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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