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Definition of "quizmaster" []

  • A person who asks questions of contestants on a quiz show. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "quizmaster" in a sentence
  • "As most NPR devotees most likely already know, long-time NPR news anchor and "quizmaster" on Wait Wait Don't Tell Me, Carl Kasell is retiring."
  • "Imagine the other quizmaster Jezza – Paxman – doing that on University Challenge."
  • "Katherine Kingsley, who made a big impression in Aspects of Love, lends the contest's co-host a honey blonde vivacity and Steve Pemberton as her colleague has the fake omniscience of the smug quizmaster."