mascot

plural mascots · alternative archaic mascotte

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.

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.

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

present singular third person mascots · participle present mascoting · participle past mascoted · past mascoted · alternative archaic mascotte

1. ambitransitiveTo act as a mascot (for).

   The seniors were “mascoted” by two little girls dressed in green dresses […]

   1908, The Mount Holyoke, volume 18, page 533

   2 more examples

   Unlike the popular, sunny Van Zelst, McLoon was a sassy, hard-boiled kid who had been mascoting for various athletic teams and prize fighters […]

   2012, Norman L. Macht, Connie Mack: The Turbulent and Triumphant Years, 1915-1931, page 74

   Bennett then signed with the Brooklyn Dodgers, whom he mascoted to the 1921 pennant and two wins in the first three games of the World Series, which were played at home.

   2017, Paul Dickson, Leo Durocher: Baseball's Prodigal Son

1. A suburb in southeastern Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.