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Definition: Quizmaster |
QuizmasterNoun1. (British) the host or chairman of a radio or tv quiz show or panel game. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Fine Arts | One who puts the questions to the contestants in a quiz game. Source: European Union. (references) |
Law | A person who acts as a host for a variety program or other stage entertainment introducing other performers to the audience. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: QuizmasterSynonym: question master (n). (additional references) |
| Synonyms by domain: anchor man (law, sports & leisure), emcee, master of ceremonies, mc, moderator. |
Crosswords: Quizmaster |
| Non-English Usage: "Quizmaster" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. German (presenter, question master, quizmaster). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Quizmaster (2002) De Quizmaster (2000) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| "Quizmaster" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 60.00% of the time. "Quizmaster" is used about 5 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 60% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Noun (proper) | 40% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 5 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
quizmaster | 15 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "quizmaster"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | drejtues konkursi. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | ممتحن (examined, examiner, tested, tester), مقدم مسابقة في التليفزيون, عريف مسابقة. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | moderátor (anchorman, question master). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | vaert (anchor man, emcee, host, master of ceremonies, mc, moderator), ordstyrer (anchor man, chair, chairman, chairperson, chairwoman, compere, emcee, master of ceremonies, mc, moderator), konferencier (anchor man, compere, emcee, master of ceremonies, mc, moderator). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | tilaisuuden isäntä (anchor man, emcee, master of ceremonies, mc, moderator). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | meneur de jeu (question master), animateur. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Quizmaster (presenter, question master). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | παρουσιαστής (presenter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | játékmester (question master), játékvezető (director, referee, umpire). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | presentatore (announcer, compere, presenter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | izmasterquay apresentador (announcer, presenter), animador (animator, cheering, impeller, livener, living, rousing). (various references) ведущий в телевикторине. (various references) voditelj kviza. (various references) presentador (compere, presenter), director de escena (stage manager), director artístico (anchor man, emcee, master of ceremonies, mc, moderator), animador (animator, cheer, cheerleader, compere, entertainer, fugleman). (various references) presentatör (presenter), konferencier (compere), frågesportsledare. (various references) yarışma programı sunucusu (question master, quiz master), soruları soran kimse (question master, quiz master). (various references) ведучий вікторини. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "quizmaster": quizmasters. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-i-m-q-r-s-t-u-z" | |
-2 letters: azurites, marquise, mezquits, muriates, quartzes. | |
-3 letters: atriums, azurite, imarets, maestri, marques, marquis, masquer, matures, maziest, mesquit, mestiza, mezquit, misrate, muriate, mustier, quartes, quatres, querist, smartie, strumae, tzarism, uremias. | |
-4 letters: aimers, airest, amuser, armets, armies, atrium, aurist, autism, azures, ersatz, estrum, imaret, iterum, maizes, maquis, marque, masque, master, maters, matres, mature, mazers, mazier, meatus. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-i-m-q-r-s-t-u-z" | |
+1 letter: quizmasters. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Translations: Modern 8. Derivations | 9. Anagrams 10. Bibliography |
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