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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024speak•er /ˈspikɚ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- one who speaks:a native speaker of Swahili.
- one who speaks formally before an audience;
lecturer:our main speaker for the evening. - Sound Reproductiona device that changes electric signals into sound waves;
loudspeaker:huge hi-fi speakers blasting music.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024speak•er (spē′kər),USA pronunciation n. - a person who speaks.
- a person who speaks formally before an audience;
lecturer;
orator. - Government(usually cap.) the presiding officer of the U.S. House of Representatives, the British House of Commons, or other such legislative assembly.
- Sound ReproductionAlso called loudspeaker. an electroacoustic device, often housed in a cabinet, that is connected as a component in an audio system, its function being to make speech or music audible.
- Rhetorica book of selections for practice in declamation.
- British Terms be or not be on speakers, See speaking (defs. 9, 10).
- 1275–1325; Middle English; see speak, -er1
- Biographical Tris(tram E.), 1888–1958, U.S. baseball player.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: speaker /ˈspiːkə/ n - a person who speaks, esp at a formal occasion
- See loudspeaker
ˈspeakership n Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Speaker /ˈspiːkə/ n - the presiding officer in any of numerous legislative bodies, including the House of Commons in Britain and Canada and the House of Representatives in the US, Australia, and New Zealand
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