Compère

Origin

Borrowing from fr {{2}}

Full definition of compère

Noun

1. (chiefly British) Alternative form of compere
• 1967, Michael Glenny, The Master and Margarita Chapter 12, It was Moscow’s best known compère, George Bengalsky.
• 1984, Max Atkinson, Our Masters' Voices, page 27:The fact that compères routinely wait no more and no less than eight seconds before interrupting means that they decide at just that point that an audience has been clapping long enough, ...
• 2004-2005, Paul Ginsborg, Silvio Berlusconi, page 48:Suddenly compères were sipping coffee in the middle of their shows, ...

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