SPEAKER
loudspeaker, speaker, speaker unit, loudspeaker system, speaker system
(noun) electro-acoustic transducer that converts electrical signals into sounds loud enough to be heard at a distance
speaker, talker, utterer, verbalizer, verbaliser
(noun) 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”
Speaker
(noun) the presiding officer of a deliberative assembly; “the leader of the majority party is the Speaker of the House of Representatives”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
speaker (plural speakers)
One who speaks.
Loudspeaker.
Speakerphone.
(politics) The chair or presiding officer of certain legislative bodies, such as the U.K. House of Commons or the U.S. House of Representatives.
One who makes a speech to an audience.
(US) A book containing passages of text for use in speeches.
(especially, in linguistics) The producer of a given utterance (text, etc), whether actually spoken or e.g. written.
(music) A key on a woodwind instrument of the clarinet family (cf octave key on other instruments) which induces the instrument to overblow.
Synonyms
• talker
Anagrams
• Preseka, parkees, peakers, re-speak, respeak
Noun
Speaker (plural Speakers)
The Speaker of the House of Commons
Anagrams
• Preseka, parkees, peakers, re-speak, respeak
Source: Wiktionary
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.
2. A book of selections for declamation. [U. S.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition