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compere
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1738, from French compère "a godfather," from Old French compere (13c., from Medieval Latin compater ) "godfather," also a friendly greeting, "friend, brother," hence "fellow, familiar, intimate" (see compadre ).
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Compere or compère refers to a master of ceremonies . It is also a French surname. Notable people with the surname include: Loyset Compère , a French composer of the Renaissance Louis Fursy Henri Compere (1768-1833), a French general in the French Revolutionary ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context chiefly British English) A master of ceremonies, especially for a television, variety or quiz show. vb. (context intransitive transitive English) To act as compere.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. British term for someone who introduces television acts or cabarets etc v. act as a master of ceremonies [syn: emcee ]
Usage examples of compere.
Seated on a green-and-white striped chair he watched a revue, of which from start to finish he understood but one word—'out', to wit—absorbed in the doings of a red-moustached gentleman in blue who wrangled in rapid French with a black-moustached gentleman in yellow, while a snow-white commere and a compere in a mauve flannel suit looked on at the brawl.
Do an especially good job showing them how our nonhuman comperes behave in simulated natural settings.