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

FDR posed for pictures with crowds of scouts, and was toastmaster at a fried chicken dinner before returning to the city that evening.

From Washington Post • Aug. 2, 2021

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

Undoubtedly everybody in his time has heard some toastmaster or other insult a prominent citizen a few feet away in a manner which would be unsafe on the public highway and nothing has happened.

From Pieces of Hate And Other Enthusiams by Broun, Heywood