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speaker
1[spee-ker]
noun
a person who speaks.
a person who speaks formally before an audience; lecturer; orator.
(usually initial capital letter)Ģżthe presiding officer of the U.S. House of Representatives, the British House of Commons, or other such legislative assembly.
Also called loudspeaker.Ģżan 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.
a book of selections for practice in declamation.
Speaker
2[spee-ker]
noun
Tris(tram E.), 1888ā1958, U.S. baseball player.
speaker
1/ Ė²õ±č¾±Ė°ģÉ /
noun
a person who speaks, esp at a formal occasion
See loudspeaker
Speaker
2/ Ė²õ±č¾±Ė°ģÉ /
noun
the presiding officer in any of numerous legislative bodies, including the House of Commons in Britain and Canada and the House of Representatives in the US, Australia, and New Zealand
Other 51³Ō¹Ļ Forms
- speakership noun
- nonspeaker noun
- Ė²õ±č±š²¹°ģ±š°ł²õ³ó¾±±č noun
51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins
Example Sentences
Yet research shows little bias in choice of who is fact-checked, just that prominent and prolific speakers get checked more.
While Gutierrez was the sole public speaker during the May 27 budget meeting wherein the proposal was first discussed, āthere will be scoresā speaking against the measure at the forthcoming Jun. 24 meeting, she said.
She had served in the Minnesota House of Representatives for 20 years, and was speaker of the chamber from 2019-25.
Drakeford, a Welsh speaker who encourages bilingualism in Wales, said unionists have nothing to fear if Irish "is done in a way that is sensitive to their concerns".
āI think the senatorās actions, my view is, it was wildly inappropriate,ā said Johnson, the House speaker.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Ā© Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American HeritageĀ® Idioms Dictionary copyright Ā© 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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