toastmaster
Americannoun
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a person who presides at a dinner and introduces the after-dinner speakers.
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a person who proposes or announces toasts.
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The toastmaster for the evening is Andrew Giuliani Jr. And yes, his father and former New York Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani is also on the celebrity guest list.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 8, 2022
FDR posed for pictures with crowds of scouts, and was toastmaster at a fried chicken dinner before returning to the city that evening.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 2, 2021
Its popularization is attributed to Dr. Thomas Hayes Curtin, a coroner who was also the toastmaster of a Bronx social club's 1914 St. Paddy's celebration.
From Salon ● Mar. 17, 2021
Meetings are structured according to an agenda that most clubs follow: The toastmaster acts as a master of ceremonies.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 2, 2019
Freeman Connor, the retiring president, acted as toastmaster.
From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 12 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany by Robert Green Ingersoll
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