speaker
1 Americannoun
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a person who speaks.
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a person who speaks formally before an audience; lecturer; orator.
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(usually initial capital letter) the presiding officer of the U.S. House of Representatives, the British House of Commons, or other such legislative assembly.
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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.
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a book of selections for practice in declamation.
idioms
noun
noun
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a person who speaks, esp at a formal occasion
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See loudspeaker
noun
Other Word Forms
- nonspeaker noun
- speakership noun
Etymology
Origin of speaker
Example Sentences
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The biography says he is a fluent Mandarin Chinese speaker, and studied in Taiwan and China in the 1990s.
From BBC
Rep. Wesley Hunt, a former Army aviator and an impressive speaker, polls third.
Gwynedd has the highest proportion of Welsh speakers in the country, according to the 2021 Census, which also showed a fall in the proportion of Welsh speakers in Wales.
From BBC
Trotsky was a dazzling speaker and a dandy who “never quite stopped being a clever schoolboy desperate to show others how much he had learned.”
The lounge utilizes hi-fi sound equipment including Master Sounds Clarity-M speakers to ensure that the records sound as crisp as possible.
From Los Angeles Times
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