symposiarch
Americannoun
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the president, director, or master of a symposium.
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a toastmaster.
noun
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the president of a symposium, esp in classical Greece
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a rare word for toastmaster
Etymology
Origin of symposiarch
From the Greek word symposíarchos, dating back to 1595–1605. See symposium, -arch
Example Sentences
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Gaffigan called this special “niche,” but the truth is, when he’s the symposiarch, “The Bourbon Set” is an oak barrel of straight-up laughs for the masses.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2025
The symposiarch, or arbiter bibendi, settled the proportions to be used.
From Plutarch's Morals by Shilleto, Arthur Richard
His functions corresponded, in some degree, with those of the symposiarch of the ancient Greeks.
From The Pobratim A Slav Novel by Jones, P.
Even after connecting himself with the magazine and becoming the symposiarch of the "Noctes," and perhaps the greatest Tory in all broad Scotland, he did not renounce his home among the lakes.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 17, March, 1859 by Various
Anacreon here acts the symposiarch, or master of the festival.
From The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes by Rossetti, William Michael
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