[ noun ] the person who proposes toasts and introduces speakers at a banquet <noun.person>
Toastmaster \Toast"mas`ter\, n. A person who presides at a public dinner or banquet, and announces the toasts.
Actor Burt Lancaster ("Run Silent, Run Deep") was toastmaster, and singer-dancer Rita Moreno ("West Side Story") performed for the audience, which included actors Gregory Peck and Larry Hagman.