toastmaster

[ tohst-mas-ter, -mah-ster ]

noun

1. a person who presides at a dinner and introduces the after-dinner speakers.
2. a person who proposes or announces toasts. toast.

toastmaster

/ ˈtəʊstˌmɑːstə /

noun

1. a person who introduces after-dinner speakers, proposes or announces toasts, etc, at public or formal dinners

Derived Forms

• ˈtoastˌmistress, noun:feminine

Word History and Origins

Origin of toastmaster¹

First recorded in 1740–50; toast ² + master

Example Sentences

Also, of all the jolly stories told by the toastmaster, and of the fun he had had at some other entertainments.

From Project Gutenberg

President Lauman was toastmaster, and opened the banquet with an address of welcome to Senator Harrison.

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As toastmaster, deliver the first after-dinner remarks drawing attention to the occasion and introducing some one to speak.

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He called on the president of a bank, who rose totteringly and undid the toastmaster's good offices by making too long a speech.

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The toastmaster, a New York executive who had graduated from Webster twenty years before, understood the temper of his charge.

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• administrator
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