[f. TOAST v.2 + -ER1.] One who proposes or joins in a toast; in quot. 1896, = toast-master (see TOAST sb.2 3).
a. 1704. T. Brown, Amusem. Ser. & Com., iv. Wks. 1709, III. I. 42. That Toaster there, is it Possible he can give a Judgment of the Beauties of a Play, while he is wholly taken up in Surveying those of the Ladies?
1720. Humourist, 182. Chief Toaster at a Drinking-Match.
1896. E. P. Powell, in Chicago Advance, 5 Nov., 614. I would arrange that … the sophomores occupy the special place of entertainers and toasters.
