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Speaker

Speaker Meaning & Definition
Speaker Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Speaker?

[n] electro-acoustic transducer that converts electrical signals into sounds loud enough to be heard at a distance
[n] someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous); "the speaker at commencement"; "an utterer of useful maxims"
[n] the presiding officer of a deliberative assembly; "the leader of the majority party is the Speaker of the House of Representatives"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Speaker: loudspeaker | loudspeaker system | speaker system | speaker unit | talker | utterer | verbaliser | verbalizer

Related Terms | Find terms related to Speaker:

See Also | alliterator | articulator | asker | babbler | bullhorn | caller | caller-up | chatterbox | chatterer | conversationalist | dictator | drawler | driveller | ejaculator | electro-acoustic transducer | enquirer | growler | informant | inquirer | intercom speaker | jabberer | lecturer | lisper | loud-hailer | mentioner | mumbler | mutterer | narrator | orator | PA | PA system | phoner | prater | prattler | presiding officer | public address system | public speaker | querier | questioner | ranter | raver | reciter | rhetorician | schmoozer | speechifier | speechmaker | spouter | squawk box | squawker | stammerer | storyteller | stutterer | talking head | tannoy | telephoner | teller | tweeter | venter | vociferator | voicer | wailer | whisperer | witness | witnesser | woofer

Speaker In Webster's Dictionary

\Speak"er\, n. 1. One who speaks. Specifically: (a) One who utters or pronounces a discourse; usually, one who utters a speech in public; as, the man is a good speaker, or a bad speaker. (b) One who is the mouthpiece of others; especially, one who presides over, or speaks for, a delibrative assembly, preserving order and regulating the debates; as, the Speaker of the House of Commons, originally, the mouthpiece of the House to address the king; the Speaker of a House of Representatives. 2. A book of selections for declamation. [U. S.]

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