Travestier

[f. TRAVESTY v. + -ER¹.] One who travesties.

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1817. Liverpool Mercury, 26 Dec., 7/3. Were Shakespeare or Milton, were even Homer or Virgil to sue for damages against the trespasses of parodists and travestiers,… they would be non-suited.

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1883. Ebsworth, in Roxb. Ballads, IV. 161, note. A solemn travestier of many old Songs (and Dramas).

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1901. E. Yardley, in N. & Q., 9th Ser. VII. 161/2. Anthony Hamilton … travestier of the ‘Arabian Nights.’

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