speaker
[ spee-ker ]
/ ˈspi kər /
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.
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RELATED WORDS
lecturer, speechmaker, announcer, rhetorician, mouthpiece, spokesperson, orator, elocutionist, keynoter
Nearby words
- speak to,
- speak too soon,
- speak up,
- speak volumes,
- speakeasy,
- speaker of the house,
- speaker, tris,
- speakerphone,
- speaking,
- speaking clock
Idioms
be/not beon speakers, British. speaking(defs 9, 10).
Origin of speaker
Speaker
[ spee-ker ]
/ ˈspi kər /
noun
Tris(tram E.),1888–1958, U.S. baseball player.
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speaker
/ (ˈspiːkə) /
noun
a person who speaks, esp at a formal occasion
See loudspeaker
Speaker
/ (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
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speaker
c.1300, "one who speaks," agent noun from speak (v.). First applied to "person who presides over an assembly" c.1400, from Anglo-French (late 14c.). In reference to the English Parliament, Sir Thomas de Hungerford apparently was the first.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper