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Definition of Toastmaster
1. Noun. The person who proposes toasts and introduces speakers at a banquet.
Generic synonyms: Emcee, Host, Master Of Ceremonies
Specialized synonyms: Toast Mistress
Definition of Toastmaster
1. n. A person who presides at a public dinner or banquet, and announces the toasts.
Definition of Toastmaster
1. Noun. A person who introduces speakers, and proposes toasts at a formal dinner; a master of ceremonies. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Toastmaster
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Toastmaster
Literary usage of Toastmaster
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annual Proceedings: Addresses, Reports, Bibliographies and Discussions (1915)
"... toastmaster THE toastmaster: Ladies and gentlemen, having experimented upon
our speakers with the color scheme, with fairly good success, ..."
2. Annual Proceedings: Addresses, Reports, Bibliographies and Discussions (1916)
"He is going to act as toastmaster for us tonight, and I take great pleasure in
... THE toastmaster: Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen of The National ..."
3. Orations, Addresses and Speeches of Chauncey M. Depew by Chauncey Mitchell Depew (1910)
"WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY CLUB SPEECH AS toastmaster AT THE ANNUAL DINNER OF THE ...
GENTLEMEN: I appreciate very highly this honor of being your toastmaster ..."
4. The English Dance of Death, from the Designs of Thomas Rowlandson by William Combe (1903)
"THE toastmaster THE Dinner and its labours o'er, Bacchus unfolds his various
store, The Ruby Juice, the mingled Bowl, To drown the sorrows of the Soul. ..."
5. Proceedings of the ... Annual Sessions of the Texas Bar Association by Texas Bar Association (1913)
"THE toastmaster. Gentlemen of the Association There is one subject that is above
... Mr. toastmaster and Gentlemen of the Texas Bar Association: Tonight's ..."
6. Proceedings of the ... Annual Meeting of the Fire Underwriters Association (1897)
"The toastmaster— Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. Ex-President: It was my purpose to extend
... He came to me and asked me to act as toastmaster for this banquet. ..."
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