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speaker (iou)



speaker noun. ME.
[from SPEAK verb + -ER1.]
A person who speaks or talks; spec. a person who speaks formally in public, an orator; a person who speaks on behalf of another or others. Freq. with qualifying adjective. ME.
P. Fussell Amis's poem, what class is the speaker in it? S. Rosenberg A splendid speaker, with a strong, well-modulated voice. A. S. Byatt She was a fervent speaker for the Emancipation of Women.
(Speaker.)
a. The member of the British House of Commons who is chosen by the House itself to act as its representative and to preside over its debates. Also Madam Speaker, Mr Speaker, Speaker of Parliament, Speaker of the Parliament. LME.
b. The presiding officer or chairman of the British House of Lords (now the Lord Chancellor). M17.
c. gen. The president in any legislative assembly. M17.
A person who proclaims or celebrates something. rare (Shakes.). Only in E17.
A book containing texts adapted for reading aloud. Now rare. L18.
A person who speaks a specified language. L19.
native speaker: see NATIVE adjective.
Guardian The rights of the Welsh speaker.
= loudspeaker s.v. LOUD adjective. E20.
S. Naipaul The heavy pound of rhythm and blues from scattered speakers.
Comb.: speaker-hearer a person regarded as a user of language; speaker-key: fitted to a wind instrument to enable the playing of notes an octave or a twelfth higher; speaker-listener = speaker-hearer above; speakerphone N. Amer. a telephone receiver which does not need to be held in the hand; Speaker's Conference: first convened in 1916, with the purpose of examining electoral law and reform under the chairmanship of the Speaker of the British House of Commons.
speakeress noun a female speaker; (Speakeress) a woman acting as a president or Speaker: L18.
Speakership noun (a) the office of Speaker in a legislative assembly; (b) (speakership) oratory: M17.