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‖ commère|ˈkɒmɛə(r)|
Also commere.
[See cummer.]
1. See cummer.
2. A female compère (see compere 2); (in a revue) a female announcer.
1904P. Fitzgerald Garrick Club 238 Here is Mrs Mattocks with a luscious low-comedy face..exactly suited to the friendly commères of the drama. 1914Wodehouse Man Upstairs 233 He watched a revue... A snow-white commère and a compère in a mauve flannel suit looked on at the brawl. 1916A. C. Armstrong in L. Carson Stage Yr. 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. 1958Everybody's 22 Feb. 9/3 Levis made her his commere to introduce the young hopefuls. 1958Listener 16 Oct. 621/2 Commère was Margaret Lockwood. |