noun
Meaning 1
The person who manages the performers in a circus ring.
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Standard Lemma guide
ringmaster
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noun
Meaning 2
The person who maintains a webring.
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Usage: Internet
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verb
Meaning 3
To act as ringmaster.
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verb
Meaning 4
To control (a group of people).
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Usage: figuratively
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noun
Meaning 5
the person in charge of performances in a circus ring
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: master of ceremonies, emcee, host
History
Etymology
From ring + master.
Across languages
Translations
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Danish: sprechstallmeister — the person who manages the performers in a circus ring
- Finnish: tirehtööri — the person who manages the performers in a circus ring
- Finnish: sirkustirehtööri — the person who manages the performers in a circus ring
- French: Monsieur Loyal — the person who manages the performers in a circus ring
- French: Madame Loyal — the person who manages the performers in a circus ring
- German: Ringmeister — the person who manages the performers in a circus ring
- German: Sprechstallmeister — the person who manages the performers in a circus ring
- Irish: máistir sorcais — the person who manages the performers in a circus ring
- Manx: mainshtyr — the person who manages the performers in a circus ring
- Manx: mainshtyr yn phreaban — the person who manages the performers in a circus ring
- Norwegian Bokmål: sirkusdirektør — the person who manages the performers in a circus ring
- Polish: antreprener (arcahic) — the person who manages the performers in a circus ring
- Portuguese: diretor de circo — the person who manages the performers in a circus ring
- Romanian: maestru de manej — the person who manages the performers in a circus ring
- Russian: шпрехшталмейстер (šprexštalmejster) — the person who manages the performers in a circus ring
- Scottish Gaelic: maighstir an t-siorcais — the person who manages the performers in a circus ring
- Spanish: maestro de ceremonias — the person who manages the performers in a circus ring
- Swedish: cirkusdirektör — the person who manages the performers in a circus ring
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