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compère

compère is the alternative form of compere.

Meaning of compere

Noun

compere (plural comperes)

  1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK) A master of ceremonies, especially for a television, variety, or quiz show.
    • Every year I am the compere for our Church Quiz Night.

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Forms of compère

Noun
pluralcompères
Verb
third-person singular presentcompères
present participlecompèring
past participlecompèred
pastcompèred

Origin of compère

Borrowed from French compère.

Questions about compère

What is compère the alternative form of?
Compère is the alternative form of compere.

Words near compère in the dictionary

  1. computress
  2. computresses
  3. computronium
  4. computus
  5. compy
  6. compère
  7. compèred
  8. compères
  9. compèring
  10. compôte
  11. compôtes

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: compère (page history and authors); compere (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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