master of ceremonies

1. 1.

   a person who acts as host at formal occasions (makes an introductory speech and introduces other speakers)

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Questions about master of ceremonies

What does master of ceremonies mean?

master of ceremonies means "a person who acts as host at formal occasions (makes an introductory speech and introduces other speakers)".

What is another word for master of ceremonies?

Close synonyms include emcee, host. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is master of ceremonies a common word?

master of ceremonies is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.