master of ceremonies
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of master of ceremonies
First recorded in 1655–65
Example Sentences
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“I cannot wait to get on the D Line to Beverly Hills and get my Botox treatments,” said actor Jerry O’Connell, who served as the master of ceremonies for the D Line event.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2026
Mr. Stace is a novelist, a singer-songwriter and the master of ceremonies of Wesley Stace’s Cabinet of Wonders.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026
Pap, as he liked to be called, presided as master of ceremonies.
From Slate ● Jan. 13, 2026
For the uninitiated, “Cabaret” begins with a marionette-like male character named the Emcee, the omnipresent master of ceremonies of an underground Kit Kat Club in 1931 Berlin, smiling into a warped mirror.
From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2025
The master of ceremonies asked people to say what they thought the function of the novel might be in modern society, and one critic said, “To provide touches of color in rooms with all-white walls.”
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
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