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• n  the person who proposes toasts and introduces speakers at a banquet

• The toastmaster began the evening with a typical toastmaster's gag: "Before I cut my throat .
• As toastmaster of the gathering, Professor Phelps pointed out: "In 1907, when I was toastmaster at the Phi Beta Kappa banquet, William Howard Taft, then Secretary of War, sat at .
• A sad note was injected into the jubilation at Chicago when, at the Italo-American dinner, the toastmaster called the roll of Balbo's crew.

• symposiarch

News & Articles

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• Toastmasters plans open house
  FAIRLAWN — Fairlawn Toastmasters will offer an open house as it looks for new members, since many longtime members have received work promotions that resulted in changes to their hours or moves out of state, according to Toastmaster Nancy Secrist.
  June 13, 2013 - West Side Leader & South Side News Leader
• Group brings Toastmasters into prison
  A group of Fairfield residents is helping inmates sharpen their public speaking skills. Betty and Fred Krueger volunteer at the Iowa State Penitentiary in Fort Madison where they help prisoners run a Toastmasters program. The Toastmasters club in the maximum security prison is run just like any other Toastmasters club on the outside. The prisoners give speeches on prepared topics, practice ...
  June 12, 2013 - The Fairfield Ledger

Quotes

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• Elena Kagan in New York Times
  But then,Ms. Kagan added, "your toastmaster wouldn't be so funny."
• Joan Rivers in New York Times
  The ladies adored him,said the comedian Joan Rivers, an old friend. "He was the charmer, the toastmaster, and he was out wining and dining every night. It sure caught up with him. I'm surprised it took as long as it did. And Pete was a...