toastmaster

[ UK /tˈə‍ʊstmɑːstɐ/ ]
[ US /ˈtoʊstˌmæstɝ/ ]
NOUN
  1. the person who proposes toasts and introduces speakers at a banquet
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How To Use toastmaster In A Sentence

  • As a Toastmaster, you will acquire an increased ability to motivate and persuade, making you more effective as a supervisor or manager.
  • Of course, a Toastmaster must always pay attention to organization, vocal range, extraneous filler words and a host of other items.
  • This much I know, definitively: The mere fact that a company books a former White House resident as its Christmas toastmaster is no guarantee of its integrity.
  • All are welcome to come along and watch the toastmasters in action.
  • I could go on but the whole of Cabinet needs to join Toastmasters / Toastmistresses and learn something of the art of public speaking.
  • It is said of Tony O'Reilly that, in his heyday as Ireland's greatest unofficial toastmaster, one of his flunkies would prepare a line or two of biography on each of the people at the functions he was due to attend.
  • Some of his etymologies seem plausible: Georgian tamada 'toastmaster' from Circassian thaamáta, perhaps originally 'father of the gods'; the name of General Ermolov (who conquered part of the Caucasus for Tsar Alexander I) from Circassian yarmáhl 'Armenian' (though I'll have to check Unbegaun to see if there's a more convincing etymology). Languagehat.com: NARTS FOR CHRISTMAS.
  • In the evening, since I'd brought a couple of boxes of stuff for the charity auction, I helped publisher and chief editor of Yard Dog and toastmaster guest, Selina Rosen out with the art + charity auction. P_n_elrod: Da Winnah and new stuff
  • In toastmasters you have the opportunity to try both the modern & traditional methods of communicating so that you can get your message across effectively.
  • The tamada, or toastmaster, is chosen by the audience, and leads toasts to the native land, to parents, to friends, to the memory of the dead, to women, to life, to children, and to the guests.
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