speaker

IPA: spˈikɝ

noun

  • One who speaks.
  • Loudspeaker.
  • Speakerphone.
  • (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.
  • One who makes a speech to an audience.
  • (US) A book containing passages of text for use in speeches.
  • (especially in linguistics) The producer of a given utterance, whether speech or text.
  • (poetry) The literary character uttering the lyrics of a poem or song, as opposed to the author writing the words of that character.
  • (music) A key on a woodwind instrument of the clarinet family (cf octave key on other instruments) which induces the instrument to overblow.
  • (archaic) A wooden pole or spike used by hedgers to carry loads on their shoulders. Possibly Dorset dialect; alternatively spyeker
  • A surname
  • (politics) Alternative letter-case form of speaker (“presiding officer of a legislative body”) [One who speaks.]
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Examples of "speaker" in Sentences

  • President is today's speaker.
  • The speaker equivocated the speech.
  • The audience enthused at the speaker.
  • The speaker on the podium was amazing.
  • They noticed the adroitness of speaker.
  • Dalai Lama was the keynote speaker at the conference.
  • Most people think she is overpaid and a poor public speaker.
  • Taylor was also the keynote speaker at the conference in previous years.
  • Plug the ends of the speaker wires into the back of each desktop speaker.
  • Shurtleff was a speaker at B'nai Shalom's semiannual conference in April 2010.

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