speechern.
/ˈspiːtʃə/ 1. One who makes speeches; a speaker.
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the mind > language > speech > speech-making > [noun] > one who makes a speech or speeches
ditera1387
fair speakera1398
speakerc1400
pronouncer?a1425
orator?a1439
oratrice1565
oratress1587
rhetor1588
oratrix?1592
tongue-man1594
tonguesman1596
public speaker1646
holder-forth1661
tub-minister1662
spokesman1663
addresser1665
tub-drubbera1704
speech-maker1710
speecher1762
orationer1765
speechifiera1777
mob-orator1814
perorator1827
elocutionist1847
tub-orator1849
spokester1850
patterer1851
platformer1851
oratist1860
stem-winder1875
addressor1897
pep talker1925
1762 S. Foote Orators i. 8 Here is a man..that will make thee a speecher at once.
1818 T. Moore Fudge Family in Paris ix. 108 Oh, can we wonder, best of speechers! That [etc.].
2. Harrow School slang. The speech-room; speech-day.
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1894 W. H. Wilkins & H. Vivian Green Bay Tree I. 43 When Butler called you up to give you the key in speecher this morning.
1905 H. A. Vachell Hill i You ought to have been here last Speecher.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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