"ringmaster" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: ringmasters [plural]
Etymology: ring + master Etymology templates: {{compound|en|ring|master}} ring + master Head templates: {{en-noun}} ringmaster (plural ringmasters)
  1. The person who manages the performers in a circus ring. Categories (topical): Circus, Occupations Translations (the person who manages the performers in a circus ring): sprechstallmeister [common-gender] (Danish), tirehtööri (Finnish), sirkustirehtööri (Finnish), Monsieur Loyal [masculine] (French), Madame Loyal [feminine] (French), Ringmeister (German), Sprechstallmeister (German), máistir sorcais [masculine] (Irish), mainshtyr [masculine] (Manx), mainshtyr yn phreaban [masculine] (Manx), sirkusdirektør [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), antreprener (arcahic) [masculine] (Polish), diretor de circo [masculine] (Portuguese), maestru de manej [masculine] (Romanian), шпрехшталмейстер (šprexštalmejster) [masculine] (Russian), maighstir an t-siorcais [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), maestro de ceremonias [masculine] (Spanish), cirkusdirektör [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-ringmaster-en-noun-Y-qCxsN8 Disambiguation of Circus: 80 9 6 6 Disambiguation of Occupations: 60 32 0 8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 63 32 3 3 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 79 16 2 2 Disambiguation of 'the person who manages the performers in a circus ring': 76 24
  2. (Internet) The person who maintains a webring. Tags: Internet Categories (topical): Internet
    Sense id: en-ringmaster-en-noun-wRnT83IO

Verb

Forms: ringmasters [present, singular, third-person], ringmastering [participle, present], ringmastered [participle, past], ringmastered [past]
Etymology: ring + master Etymology templates: {{compound|en|ring|master}} ring + master Head templates: {{en-verb}} ringmaster (third-person singular simple present ringmasters, present participle ringmastering, simple past and past participle ringmastered)
  1. To act as ringmaster.
    Sense id: en-ringmaster-en-verb-y8OTkYxz
  2. (figurative) To control (a group of people). Tags: figuratively Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-ringmaster-en-verb-y7ZZ-KjS Disambiguation of People: 29 31 0 40

Inflected forms

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