MASCOT

Mascot

The term mascot – defined as a term for any person, animal, or object thought to bring luck – colloquially includes anything used to represent a group with a common public identity, such as a school, professional sports team, society, military unit, or brand name. Mascots are also used as fictional, representative spokespeople for consumer products, such as the rabbit used in advertising and marketing for the General Mills brand of breakfast cereal, Trix.

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mascot

Noun

  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.


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