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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.

Definition 2024

Speaker

Speaker

See also: speaker

English

Noun

Speaker ‎(plural Speakers)

  1. The Speaker of the House of Commons

speaker

speaker

See also: Speaker

English

Noun

speaker ‎(plural speakers)

  1. One who speaks.
    A native English speaker.
  2. Loudspeaker.
  3. (politics) The chair or presiding officer of certain legislative bodies, such as the U.K. House of Commons or the U.S. House of Representatives.
  4. One who makes a speech to an audience.
    The company hired a motivational speaker to boost morale.
  5. (US) A book containing passages of text for use in speeches.
  6. (linguistics) The producer of a given utterance, whether actually spoken or not.
  7. (music) A key on a woodwind instrument of the clarinet family (cf octave key on other instruments) which induces the instrument to overblow.

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French

Etymology

Borrowing from English speaker.

Pronunciation

Noun

speaker m ‎(plural speakers, feminine speakerine)

  1. announcer
  2. speaker (in parliament)

Italian

Etymology

Borrowing from English speaker.

Noun

speaker m ‎(invariable)

  1. announcer, commentator (radio, TV)
  2. speaker (parliamentary)

Spanish

Noun

speaker m ‎(plural speakers)

  1. speaker (in parliament)

Etymology

speak +‎ -er

Pronunciation

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