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Ringmaster   /rˈɪŋmˌæstər/   Listen
Ringmaster

noun
1.
The person in charge of performances in a circus ring.





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"Ringmaster" Quotes from Famous Books



... passer by! Rearing is no test of horsemanship, and the sickening sight of ladies in circuses mounted on rearers is one from which every good horsewoman would recoil with horror. At Rentz circus in Hamburg I saw one of these awful sights, and noticed that the ringmaster kept touching the steiger on the fore-legs with the whip in order to make him paw the air. I have been told that so long as a rearing horse keeps pawing in this manner, he will not fall over, but such horrid exhibitions ought to be prevented. There is nothing more ...
— The Horsewoman - A Practical Guide to Side-Saddle Riding, 2nd. Ed. • Alice M. Hayes


Words linked to "Ringmaster" :   host, emcee, master of ceremonies


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