toastmistress

American  

[tohst-mis-truhs] / ˈtoʊstˌmɪs trəs /

noun

1. a woman who presides at a dinner, introduces the after-dinner speakers, and often proposes toasts.

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Gender

See -ess.

Etymology

Origin of toastmistress

First recorded in 1920–25; toast ² + mistress

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Example Sentences

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toastmistress

I’d a lot rather be chairman of the play committee, or even a member of it, for that matter, than toastmistress.

From Betty Wales Senior by Margaret Warde

In making you toastmistress 19— was supposed to be doing you an honor.

From Betty Wales Senior by Margaret Warde

Tell Christy how pleased you are that she’s toastmistress and then come down town with me.”

From Betty Wales Senior by Margaret Warde

By the way, whom are they going to have for toastmistress at class-supper?

From Betty Wales Senior by Margaret Warde

Healths were drunk in cocoa, side-splitting toasts proposed by the witty toastmistress, Migwan, and songs sung that made the roof ring.

From The Camp Fire Girls' Larks and Pranks or, The House of the Open Door by Hildegard G. (Hildegard Gertrude) Frey

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