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单词 commère
释义

commèren.

/ˈkɒmɛː/
Forms: Also commere.
Etymology: See cummer n.
1. See cummer n.
2. A female compère (see compère n. 2); (in a revue) a female announcer.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > variety, etc. > performers in variety, etc. > [noun] > compère
chairman1836
commère1904
compère1914
conferencier1927
emcee1933
1904 P. Fitzgerald Garrick Club 238 Here is Mrs Mattocks with a luscious low-comedy face..exactly suited to the friendly commères of the drama.
1914 P. G. Wodehouse Man Upstairs 233 He watched a revue... A snow-white commère and a compère in a mauve flannel suit looked on at the brawl.
1916 A. C. Armstrong in L. Carson Stage Year Bk. 33 Those wholly invaluable revue characters, the commère and compère, who act as a form of Greek chorus, and supply the necessary connective cement.
1958 Everybody's 22 Feb. 9/3 Levis made her his commere to introduce the young hopefuls.
1958 Listener 16 Oct. 621/2 Commère was Margaret Lockwood.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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