symposiarch |
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| Definition: | The person who proposes toasts and introduces speakers at a banquet. |
| Synonyms: | toastmaster |
king of the hillThe most powerful, successful, or authoritative person in a group or organization. |
Georgia Independence DayGeorgia Independence Day celebrates the republic’s brief period of independence from Tsarist Russia from May 26, 1918, until its forced incorporation into the Soviet Union in 1922. Georgia declared its independence from the former Soviet Union on April 9, 1991, but the national holiday commemorates the country’s original independence earlier in the century. |
| In the sun-time, when the world is bounding forward full of life, we cannot stay to sigh and sulk … but if the misfortune comes at 10PM, we read poetry or sit in the dark and think what a hollow world this is.
Jerome K. Jerome |
Today’s topic: ridingdavering – Riding or walking in a dazed condition. More… dressage – The art of riding and training horses, from French dresser, “to train.” More… road – First meant “riding” or “hostile incursion on horseback”—a sense preserved in “inroads.” More… jounce – To move roughly or violently up and down, as when one is riding a horse. More… |