compere

Plural: comperes

Noun

British term for someone who introduces television acts or cabarets etc
A master of ceremonies, especially for a television, variety, or quiz show.

Verb

Verb Forms: compered, compering, comperes

To act as a master of ceremonies; to introduce acts.
act as a master of ceremonies
To emcee, to act as compere.

Examples

Every year I am the compere for our Church Quiz Night.
I will be compering for next week's Village Fete.
The app would compere the game, announcing turns and scores.

Origin / Etymology

A borrowing of French compère (“partner, accomplice”), from Old French comper, from Late Latin compater (“godfather”), from Latin com- (“with”) + pater (“father”). Doublet of compeer, compadre, and goombah.

Synonyms

emcee

Scrabble Score: 13

compere: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
compere: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
compere: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 16

compere: valid Words With Friends Word