toastmaster

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Master of Ceremonies A friend of the couple’s who is a translator and speaks Russian and English, Max Lawton, acted as the “tamada,” or toastmaster, in the Georgian tradition.

From New York Times • Jan. 17, 2024

The toastmaster for the evening is Andrew Giuliani Jr. And yes, his father and former New York Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani is also on the celebrity guest list.

From Washington Times • Dec. 8, 2022

Its popularization is attributed to Dr. Thomas Hayes Curtin, a coroner who was also the toastmaster of a Bronx social club's 1914 St. Paddy's celebration.

From Salon • Mar. 17, 2021

“There’s no arguing,” the day’s toastmaster, Eric Likkel, told me after the meeting.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 2, 2019

Knowing how little he hears at public functions his performances at the head of the table, when acting as toastmaster, to me are only a shade removed from the marvelous.

From The Dead Men's Song Being the Story of a Poem and a Reminiscent Sketch of its Author Young Ewing Allison by Hitchcock, Champion Ingraham