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TOASTMASTER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does toastmaster mean?
• TOASTMASTER (noun)
The noun TOASTMASTER has 1 sense:
1. the person who proposes toasts and introduces speakers at a banquet
Familiarity information: TOASTMASTER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The person who proposes toasts and introduces speakers at a banquet
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
symposiarch; toastmaster
Hypernyms ("toastmaster" is a kind of...):
emcee; host; master of ceremonies (a person who acts as host at formal occasions (makes an introductory speech and introduces other speakers))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "toastmaster"):
toast mistress (a woman toastmaster)
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