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: 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 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

    [ Syn: speaker ]

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