Official host of a staged event or similar performance.
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I believe, though I cannot be certain, that the compère was Wilfrid Pickles.
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We trammelled kings can never go free of policy-ey, my compère of England?
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The compère stubbed out a cigarette on the floor.
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The compère walked onto the stage with a cigarette in his hand, but did not know what to do.
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He was the compère.
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She cut the sound of screaming when, after the ETV compère of the show had finished his narrative, her own lecture began.
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At five minutes to eight, a man dressed in a white tuxedo appeared at George's side and said, Hi, I'm Vince, the compère.
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'The compère doesn't come on until after the first song.
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Fun fact: Compère Lapin is the first New Orleans restaurant to receive the prestigious Spirited Award by the Tales of The Cocktail Foundation.
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The Brussels-born sculptor Jean-Henri Compère said he wanted the work to evoke hope and pay tribute to public resilience in the face of the attacks.