A mummer in a folk play performed especially at Christmas or Halloween.
〈古〉（尤指圣诞节或万圣节的）化装表演者
Example sentencesExamples
The mighty pumpkin itself has - sadly, in my opinion - supplanted our own dear and humble neep at Halloween - although it is certainly much easier to gouge out a pumpkin than a hard turnip to make a lantern for guisers.
Unlike in the United States, the guisers must perform a song or poem to earn their treat.
The possibilities are endless and only limited by the imagination of the ‘guiser’.
The monsters that seem originally to have inspired the guisers have, incidentally, much in common.
Periods of rest are provided by the arrival of the squads of guisers, each in turn performing a sketch.
Origin
Late 15th century: from the archaic verb guise 'dress fantastically', from the noun guise.