speaker

speaker
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
n. presiding officer, chairperson, orator, spokesman; loudspeaker, reproducer. See speech, authority.
II
(Roget's IV) n.
1. [One who delivers an address]
Syn. speechmaker, orator, lecturer, public speaker, keynote speaker, preacher, spellbinder, declaimer, rhetorician, platform orator, stump speaker, discourser, discussant, addresser, haranguer, demagogue, elocutionist, talker.
2. [A presiding officer; frequently capital ]
Syn. chairman, spokesman, mouthpiece, presiding officer.
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.
talker, lecturer, orator, speech-maker, spokeswoman, spokesman, keynoter, spellbinder.
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun 1. A person who speaks on behalf of another or others: mouth, spokesman, spokesperson, spokeswoman. Informal: mouthpiece. See SUBSTITUTE. 2. One who delivers a public speech: declaimer, lecturer, speechifier, speechmaker. See WORDS.

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  • 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • speaker — [n] talker after dinner speaker, announcer, elocutionist, keynoter, lecturer, mouthpiece, orator, public speaker, rhetorician, speechmaker, spokesperson; concept 348 …   New thesaurus

  • speaker — or Speaker of the House [spē′kər] n. 1. a person who speaks; esp., a) a person who makes a speech or speeches in public b) the officer presiding over any of various lawmaking bodies ☆ c) [S ] the presiding officer of the U.S. House of… …   English World dictionary

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