toastmaster
a person who presides at a dinner and introduces the after-dinner speakers.
a person who proposes or announces toasts.
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How to use toastmaster in a sentence
Also, of all the jolly stories told by the toastmaster, and of the fun he had had at some other entertainments.
The Book of Camp-Lore and Woodcraft | Dan BeardPresident Lauman was toastmaster, and opened the banquet with an address of welcome to Senator Harrison.
Speeches of Benjamin Harrison | Benjamin HarrisonAs toastmaster, deliver the first after-dinner remarks drawing attention to the occasion and introducing some one to speak.
Public Speaking | Clarence StrattonHe called on the president of a bank, who rose totteringly and undid the toastmaster's good offices by making too long a speech.
Gladiator | Philip WylieThe toastmaster, a New York executive who had graduated from Webster twenty years before, understood the temper of his charge.
Gladiator | Philip Wylie
British Dictionary definitions for toastmaster
/ (ˈtəʊstˌmɑːstə) /
a person who introduces after-dinner speakers, proposes or announces toasts, etc, at public or formal dinners
Derived forms of toastmaster
- toastmistress, fem n
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