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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: British term for someone who introduces television acts or cabarets etc v
1: act as a master of ceremonies [syn: emcee, compere]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun or compère Etymology: French compère, literally, godfather — more at compeer Date: 1914 chiefly British the master of ceremonies of an entertainment (as a television program) II. verb or compère (compered or compèred; compering or compèring) Date: 1933 transitive verb chiefly British to act as compere for intransitive verb chiefly British to act as a compere

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(comperes, compering, compered) 1. A compere is the person who introduces the people taking part in a radio or television show or a live show. (BRIT; in AM, use emcee) = host N-COUNT 2. The person who comperes a show introduces the people who take part in it. (BRIT; in AM, use emcee) Sarita Sagharwal compered the programme... They asked Paul to compere. = host VERB: V n, V