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Webster 1913 Edition
Speaker
Speak′er
,Noun.
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.]
Webster 1828 Edition
Speaker
SPE'AKER
, n.1.
One that speaks, in what ever manner.2.
One that proclaims or celebrates. -No other speaker of my living actions.3.
One that utters or pronounces a discourse; usually, one that utters a speech in public. We say, a man is a good speaker, or a bad speaker.4.
The person who presides in a deliberative assembly, preserving order and regulating the debates; as the speaker of the house of commons; the speaker of a house or representatives.