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speak·er

[spee-ker]
noun
1.
a person who speaks.
2.
a person who speaks formally before an audience; lecturer; orator.
3.
(usually initial capital letter) the presiding officer of the U.S. House of Representatives, the British House of Commons, or other such legislative assembly.
4.
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.
5.
a book of selections for practice in declamation.
6.
be/not be on speakers, British. speaking (defs. 9, 10).

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a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.

Origin:
1275–1325; Middle English; see speak, -er1

speak·er·ship, noun
non·speak·er, noun
Example Sentences
  • The speaker who took his thesis from the bones of the human body.
  • Nearby, in the shade of a neem tree, protesters with banners and flags listen as a speaker inveighs against corruption.
  • Beyond his academic work, he is a writer and keynote speaker.
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Spea·ker

[spee-ker]
noun
Tris(tram E.), 1888–1958, U.S. baseball player.
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speaker (ˈspiːkə)
 
n
1.  a person who speaks, esp at a formal occasion
2.  See loudspeaker
 
'speakership
 
n

Speaker (ˈspiːkə)
 
n
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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Word Origin & History

speaker
c.1300, "one who speaks," agent noun from speak (q.v.). First applied to "person who presides over an assembly" c.1400, from Anglo-Fr. (1376). In ref to the Eng. Parliament, Sir Thomas de Hungerford apparently was the first.
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speaker definition


1. loudspeaker.
2. The person who is (assumed to be) talking.
(1996-12-01)

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