mascot

Meanings

1. Something thought to bring good luck.
2. Something, especially a person or animal, used to symbolize a sports team, company, organization or other group.
3. A person engaged by an organization to portray its mascot in costume.
4. A personality type characterized by reliance on humor and positivity to wish away conflicts and attempt to defuse potentially violent situations.

1. To act as a mascot (for).

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

Etymology

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.