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master of ceremonies

noun as in emcee

noun as in formal host

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For the uninitiated, “Cabaret” begins with a marionette-like male character named the Emcee, the omnipresent master of ceremonies of an underground Kit Kat Club in 1931 Berlin, smiling into a warped mirror.

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President Trump is the ringmaster, master of ceremonies and star of this horrible spectacle.

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Sam White, 48, is a celebrant who acts as a master of ceremonies for milestone family events like weddings.

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"Of course, the ultimate indignity of this January 6 is that Donald Trump's opponent, Kamala Harris, because she is the vice president, serves as the master of ceremonies. Poor baby. But it does suck."

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"The British did all they could but they couldn’t break the spirit of Asante," shouted the master of ceremonies.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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