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

Example Sentences

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 Frey, Hildegard G. (Hildegard Gertrude)

Sally May was to be toastmistress and to Judith had been given the honour of replying to the last toast—the toast to "The School."

From Judy of York Hill by Bennett, Ethel Hume

“Because the toastmistress who presides over our supper ought to be the choice of her class,” said Marie firmly.

From Betty Wales Senior by Warde, Margaret

You all know about Christy and as Bob Parker says the new toastmistress ought to have all the time there is left.

From Betty Wales Senior by Warde, Margaret

Mrs. Hoffman was toastmistress and about twenty men and women responded to toasts.

From The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume VI by Harper, Ida Husted