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speaker
1[ spee-ker ]
noun
- a person who speaks.
- a person who speaks formally before an audience; lecturer; orator.
- (usually initial capital letter) the presiding officer of the U.S. House of Representatives, the British House of Commons, or other such legislative assembly.
- Also called loudspeaker. an electroacoustic device, often housed in a cabinet, that is connected as a component in an audio system, its function being to make speech or music audible.
- a book of selections for practice in declamation.
Speaker
2[ spee-ker ]
noun
- Tris(tram E.), 1888–1958, U.S. baseball player.
speaker
1/ ˈspiːkə /
noun
- a person who speaks, esp at a formal occasion
- See loudspeaker
Speaker
2/ ˈspiːkə /
noun
- the presiding officer in any of numerous legislative bodies, including the House of Commons in Britain and Canada and the House of Representatives in the US, Australia, and New Zealand
Derived Forms
- ˈspeakership, noun
Other Words From
- speaker·ship noun
- non·speaker noun
Word History and Origins
Idioms and Phrases
- be / not be on speakers, British. speaking ( defs 9, 10 ).
Example Sentences
The weekend will feature readings, signings, screenings and panels with authors and speakers from all walks of life.
As the family raced down the hill, branches and wind pummeling their car, the song “Best Day Ever” from the cartoon “SuperKitties” blared over the speakers.
As speaker, Rivas has the power to appoint and remove members of committees at any time and last week more than a dozen committee changes affected both Republicans and Democrats.
The speaker of the house in New Zealand's parliament says he will not consider any further complaints from lawmakers over the use of the country's Māori name in proceedings.
But at the town halls themselves, while some speakers identified as Democrats, others identified as Republican.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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