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Definition: Toastmaster |
ToastmasterNoun1. The person who proposes toasts and introduces speakers at a banquet. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "toastmaster" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references) |
Crosswords: Toastmaster |
| English words defined with "toastmaster": toast mistress. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Consumer Goods | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Toastmaster" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Toastmaster" is used about 18 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 18 | 82,615 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "toastmaster"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
German | toastmeister (toastmasters). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | שר "משקים (master of ceremonies). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | pohárköszöntők bejelentője, áldomásmester. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 司会者 (chairman, chairperson, master of ceremonies, moderator), 主人役 (host). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | しかいしゃ (chairman, chairperson, master of ceremonies, moderator), しゅじ"やく (host). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Manx | mainshtyr slaynt. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | oastmastertay тамада (toastmistress, toastmistresses). (various references) onaj koji rukovodi zdravicama. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "toastmaster": toastmasters. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "toastmaster" (pronounced tō"stma'ster) |
| 8 | -ō" s t m a' s t er | postmaster. |
| 6 | -t m a' s t er | concertmaster, scoutmaster. |
| 5 | -m a' s t er | burgomaster, quartermaster, ringmaster, schoolmaster, taskmaster. |
| 4 | -a' s t er | alabaster, broadcaster, forecaster, newscaster, sportscaster. |
| 3 | -s t er | adjuster, administer, ancestor, aster, banister, bannister, barrister, blaster, blister, blockbuster, bluster, bolster, booster, Buster, canister, cannister, caster, Castor, cloister, cluster, coaster, coster, Dempster, Dexter, digester, disaster, dumpster, duster, Easter, ester, faster, Feaster, fester, filibuster, fluster, Forester, Foster, gangbuster, gangster, Gaster, grandmaster, hamster, harvester, headmaster, heister, holster, huckster, imposter, impostor, investor, jester, juster, keister, kiester, lackluster, laster, Leister, Lister, lobster, Luster, lustre, master, minister, Minster, Mister, mobster, molester, monster, muenster, Munster, muster, nester, Nestor, oldster, oleaster, ouster, oyster, paster, pastor, pester, pilaster, plaster, pollster, polyester, poster, prankster, protester, raster, register, requester, rester, roadster, roaster, roister, rooster, roster, royster, seamster, semester, sequester, shyster, sinister, sister, spinster, stepsister, taster, teamster, tester, thruster, tipster, toaster, transistor, trickster, trimester, twister, Ulster, upholster, waster, Webster, Wester, youngster, zoster. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-e-m-o-r-s-s-t-t-t" | |
-2 letters: aerostats, amarettos, attestors, teratomas, testators. | |
-3 letters: aerosats, aerostat, amaretto, attestor, maestros, mattrass, mattress, smartest, smatters, stomates, strettas, strettos, stromata, teratoma, testator, toasters. | |
-4 letters: aerosat, amasser, attests, maestro, masters, matrass, matters, mostest, rotates, smatter, starets, staters, stators, stomata, stomate, stratas, streams, stretta, stretto, tartest, tasters, tatters, toaster, totters. | |
-5 letters: aortae, aortas, armets, aromas, assert, assort. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-e-m-o-r-s-s-t-t-t" | |
+1 letter: toastmasters. | |
+2 letters: stationmaster. | |
+3 letters: stationmasters, tarsometatarsi. | |
+4 letters: tarsometatarsus. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 6F 61 73 74 6D 61 73 74 65 72 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)- --- .- ... - -- .- ... - . .-. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01101111 01100001 01110011 01110100 01101101 01100001 01110011 01110100 01100101 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T o a s t m a s t e r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 006F 0061 0073 0074 006D 0061 0073 0074 0065 0072 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5481678586796785867184 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Usage Frequency | 5. Expressions: Internet 6. Translations: Modern 7. Derivations 8. Rhymes | 9. Anagrams 10. Orthography 11. Bibliography |
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