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English noun: speaker | |||
| 1. | speaker (person) someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous) | ||
| Samples | The speaker at commencement. An utterer of useful maxims. | ||
| Synonyms | talker, utterer, verbaliser, verbalizer | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | articulator | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | alliterator, asker, babbler, caller, caller-up, chatterbox, chatterer, conversationalist, conversationist, dictator, drawler, driveller, ejaculator, enquirer, growler, informant, inquirer, jabberer, lecturer, lisper, magpie, mentioner, motormouth, mumbler, murmurer, mutterer, narrator, native speaker, orator, phoner, prater, prattler, public speaker, querier, questioner, ranter, raver, reciter, rhetorician, schmoozer, speechifier, speechmaker, spouter, stammerer, stentor, storyteller, stutterer, talking head, telephoner, teller, venter, vociferator, voicer, wailer, whisperer, witness, witnesser | ||
| 2. | speaker (artifact) electro-acoustic transducer that converts electrical signals into sounds loud enough to be heard at a distance | ||
| Synonyms | loudspeaker, loudspeaker system, speaker system, speaker unit | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | electro-acoustic transducer | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bullhorn, intercom speaker, loud hailer, loud-hailer, squawk box, squawker, subwoofer, tannoy, tweeter, woofer | ||
| Part meronym | P.A., P.A. system, PA, PA system, public address system | ||
| 3. | Speaker (person) the presiding officer of a deliberative assembly | ||
| Samples | The leader of the majority party is the Speaker of the House of Representatives. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | presiding officer | ||
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