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