mistress of ceremonies
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of mistress of ceremonies
First recorded in 1950–55
Example Sentences
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Kelly Clarkson is mistress of ceremonies for the “2020 Billboard Music Awards.”
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2020
Law-Yone shares mistress of ceremonies duties with her daughter and business partner, Simone Jacobson, who like her mother comes to the restaurant from Toli Moli, their Burmese bodega inside Union Market.
From Washington Post • Jun. 13, 2019
Savannah Lowery — as the soloist who is mistress of ceremonies in “Rubies” — hurled happy thunderbolts.
From New York Times • May 26, 2014
His re-edit of Vogue by Madonna was a dancefloor staple last year, cutting her into a fierce mistress of ceremonies.
From The Guardian • Apr. 13, 2013
Only one thing more troubled the mistress of ceremonies.
From Treasure Valley by MacGregor, Mary Esther Miller
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