ringmaster

He is hired by the owner and ringmaster August Rosenbluth, but complications ensue when Jacob falls for August’s wife, Marlena, as they work together to train a stubborn elephant named Rosie for their star act.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026

Often star soloists are employed, each exhibiting ego and leaving the conductor as ringmaster.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026

Behind the seeming anarchy of Monty Python, Terry Jones played the part of ingenious ringmaster.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 13, 2026

Mr Hayes was the first banker to be jailed over the scandal in 2015, condemned by prosecutors at the time as the "ringmaster" of an international fraud conspiracy.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2025

The deep voice sounded like a circus ringmaster announcing the next act.

From "Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High" by Melba Pattillo Beals

On Tuesday, the British band are taking to the stage in Cardiff as they return with their rebooted Circus Live tour, complete with acrobats, ringmasters, tightrope walkers, and even a mechanical elephant.

From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026

And the ringmasters for the last 45 years have been the Buss family.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2025

The cab rebellions also brought to light that Uber's ringmasters were keenly aware of and even boastful about their lack of legal status to operate in certain large markets.

From Salon ● Jul. 11, 2022

But there was one notable absence in a room filled with would-be ringmasters, macabre clowns and more than one person capable of hanging from a hoop suspended from the ceiling.

From New York Times ● May 18, 2022

One player who has ready wit is chosen to be ringmaster, or there may be different showmen or ringmasters for each group of animals.

From Games for the Playground, Home, School and Gymnasium by Jessie Hubbell Bancroft