emcee

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emcee

/ˌɛmˈsiː/

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Pronunciation spelling of MC (“master of ceremonies”).

noun emcees

Master of ceremonies. "I'm the emcee for tonight," he proclaimed. "I'll announce your program."
A rapper. […] mutating into all-star line-ups of emcees spitting hot bars over familiar beats, then to a single crew spitting bars over familiar beats, then eventually to a single crew (or artist) spitting bars over unfamiliar beats.

verb emcees · emceeing · emceed

ambitransitive To act as the master of ceremonies (for). Alan Lomax was emceeing the blues workshop and was turned off by the Paul Butterfield Jug Band and implied as much on stage.
Similar: compere
intransitive To rap as part of a hip-hop performance.
Similar: rap

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noun master of ceremonies

Español	maestro de ceremonias
Deutsch	Moderator

verb act as the master of ceremonies

Español	hacer de maestro de ceremonias, ser maestro de ceremonias, maestrear en la ceremonia, maestrear la ceremonia
中文	主持 zhǔchí
Français	maître de cérémonie, maîtresse de cérémonie, MC
Deutsch	moderieren, ansagen, vorstellen, einführen

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@misc{emcee_2026,
  title = {emcee},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/emcee},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}