Definitions for Speaker

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Speaker speak·er

Spelling: [spee-ker]

IPA: /ˈspi kər/

Speaker is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 197 anagrams from letters in Speaker (aeekprs).

Definitions for Speaker

noun

1. a person who speaks.
2. a person who speaks formally before an audience; lecturer; orator.
3. (usually initial capital letter) the presiding officer of the U.S. House of Representatives, the British House of Commons, or other such legislative assembly.
4. Also 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.
5. a book of selections for practice in declamation.
6. Tris(tram E.) 1888–1958, U.S. baseball player.

Idioms

1. be / not be on speakers, British. speaking (defs 9, 10).

Origin of Speaker

Middle English word dating back to 1275-1325; See origin at speak, -er¹

Examples for Speaker

The speaker conjures up centuries of collective sagacity, aligning oneself with an eternal, inarguable good.

That the speaker was in earnest there could be no manner of question.

"I do suppose Blackbeard's so afraid he don't know how to see," said the first speaker.

At a press conference today with Scalise, speaker Boehner again defended him.

"As empty as an English squire, coz," cried the first speaker.

Normally, 434 members (minus Michael Grimm who resigned) would vote for speaker.

If 29 vote for someone else, the race for speaker goes to a second ballot for the first time in almost 100 years.

Mrs. Cummings, the speaker, was no ordinary woman of Western make.

House rules require an absolute majority of members voting to choose a speaker.

"We are men of his company and we have news for him," returned the speaker in the sampan.