Master of the Revels

noun

An executive officer under the Lord Chamberlain within the English (later British) royal household, responsible for festivities and later for stage censorship.

Meanings

nounMaster of the Revels (plural Masters of the Revels)

plural Masters of the Revels

  1. historicalAn executive officer under the Lord Chamberlain within the English (later British) royal household, responsible for festivities and later for stage censorship.
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