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How to pronounce compere in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms emcee
Type of host
Type Words
Type of emcee, host, master of ceremonies

Examples of compere

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The Samoan compere says 93 languages are spoken in the Anchorage school system.
From the economist.com
Otto Lilienthal acts as compere, singing in a mock-cynical Berlin cabaret manner.
From the morningstaronline.co.uk
Luckily his wife and musical partner Vicki Swan is ready to take over as compere.
From the express.co.uk
So said compere Chris Ramsay at the start of Amnesty International's Carlisle gig.
From the newsandstar.co.uk
He was the first compere at the UK's first comedy club, The Comedy Store, in Soho.
From the theargus.co.uk
It would be so unfair to ethically and academically compere these two institutions.
From the guardian.co.uk
Compere Adam Collier will entertain with comedy, jokes and Yorkshire Dialect.
From the gazetteherald.co.uk
A natural comic, he is in great demand as a compere and after-dinner speaker.
From the express.co.uk
The thing they share, an attribute exemplified by compere, Ardie Fuqua, is charisma.
From the independent.co.uk
More examples
  • Emcee: act as a master of ceremonies
  • British term for someone who introduces television acts or cabarets etc
  • Compere or compu00E8re refers to a master of ceremonies. It is also a French surname. Notable people with the surname include:
  • (pron. "compare") In British usage, a host or master of ceremonies. Some confusion arises when festival visitors from the UK ask "Who s compering this?", to which the reply is, of course, "Who s comparing this to what?"