mascot.
Something thought to bring good luck.
Meaning & usage
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.
A personality type characterized by reliance on humor and positivity to wish away conflicts and attempt to defuse potentially violent situations.
Where this word comes from
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.
To act as a mascot (for).
Where this word comes from
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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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.