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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
speaker
    n 1: someone who expresses in language; someone who talks
         (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone
         especially garrulous); "the speaker at commencement"; "an
         utterer of useful maxims" [syn: speaker, talker,
         utterer, verbalizer, verbaliser]
    2: electro-acoustic transducer that converts electrical signals
       into sounds loud enough to be heard at a distance [syn:
       loudspeaker, speaker, speaker unit, loudspeaker
       system, speaker system]
    3: the presiding officer of a deliberative assembly; "the leader
       of the majority party is the Speaker of the House of
       Representatives"

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Speaker \Speak"er\, n.
   1. One who speaks. Specifically:
      (a) 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.
      (b) 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.
          [1913 Webster]

   2. A book of selections for declamation. [U. S.]
      [1913 Webster]

3. The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018)
speaker

   1.  loudspeaker.

   2. The person who is (assumed to be) talking.

   (1996-12-01)


Thesaurus Results for Speaker:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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