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Meaning of 'speaker'
Meaning of 'speaker' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Speaker 
[ n.]
- One who speaks. [ n.]- 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.
- 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.
- A book of selections for declamation.
Meaning of 'speaker' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. speaker [ n]
[ n]Meaning (1):
- the presiding officer of a deliberative assembly
- the presiding officer of a deliberative assembly
Example in sentence:
- the leader of the majority party is the Speaker of the House of Representatives
Meaning (2):
- someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous)
- someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous)
Example in sentence:
- an utterer of useful maxims;
- the speaker at commencement
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