Definition of speakers Speakers

/spiˈkɚz/ - [speekerz] -

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  • speakers (Noun)
    Plural of speaker.

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Noun

Plural: speakers

speaker - 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"
  talker, utterer, verbalizer, verbaliser
  articulator a movable speech organ
  alliterator a speaker or writer who makes use of alliteration
  caller-up, phoner, telephoner, caller a social or business visitor; "the room was a mess because he hadn't expected company"
  prater, babbler, chatterbox, chatterer, magpie, spouter any of various insectivorous Old World birds with a loud incessant song; in some classifications considered members of the family Muscicapidae
  conversationalist, conversationist, schmoozer someone skilled at conversation
  dictator a ruler who is unconstrained by law
  drawler someone who speaks with a drawl
  jabberer, driveller someone whose talk is trivial drivel
  ejaculator a speaker who utters a sudden exclamation
  growler a small iceberg or ice floe just large enough to be hazardous for shipping
  asker, enquirer, inquirer, querier, questioner someone who asks a question
  lecturer someone who lectures professionally
  lisper a speaker who lisps
  mentioner a speaker who refers to something briefly or incidentally
  motormouth someone who talks incessantly; "I wish that motormouth would shut up"
  mumbler, murmurer, mutterer a person who speaks softly and indistinctly
  narrator, storyteller, teller someone who tells a story
  orator, public speaker, rhetorician, speechifier, speechmaker a person who delivers a speech or oration
  prattler someone who speaks in a childish way
  ranter, raver someone who rants and raves; speaks in a violent or loud manner
  reciter someone who recites from memory
  native speaker a speaker of a particular language who has spoken that language since earliest childhood; "native speakers of French"
  stammerer, stutterer someone who speaks with involuntary pauses and repetitions
  stentor any of several trumpet-shaped ciliate protozoans that are members of the genus Stentor
  talking head a talker on television who talks directly into the cameras and whose upper body is all that is shown on the screen
  venter a bulging body part (as the belly of a muscle)
  vociferator a loud and vehement speaker (usually in protest)
  voicer a speaker who voices an opinion
  wailer a mourner who utters long loud high-pitched cries
  whisperer one who speaks in a whisper
speaker - the presiding officer of a deliberative assembly; "the leader of the majority party is the Speaker of the House of Representatives"
  presiding officer the leader of a group meeting
speaker - electro-acoustic transducer that converts electrical signals into sounds loud enough to be heard at a distance
  loudspeaker, speaker unit, loudspeaker system, speaker system
  electro-acoustic transducer a transducer that converts electrical to acoustic energy or vice versa
  p.a., p.a. system, pa system, public address system, pa an electronic amplification system used as a communication system in public areas
  bullhorn, loud-hailer, loud hailer a portable loudspeaker with built-in microphone and amplifier
  intercom speaker, squawk box, squawker the loudspeaker on an intercom or public address system
  subwoofer a loudspeaker that is designed to reproduce very low bass frequencies
  tannoy a loudspeaker
  tweeter a loudspeaker that reproduces higher audio frequency sounds; "the sound system had both tweeters and woofers"
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  • speaker (Noun)
    One who speaks.
  • speaker (Noun)
    Loudspeaker.
  • speaker (Noun)
    The chair or presiding officer of certain legislative bodies, such as the U. K. House of Commons or the U. S. House of Representatives.
  • speaker (Noun)
    One who makes a speech to an audience.
  • speaker (Noun)
    A book containing passages of text for use in speeches.
  • speaker (Noun)
    The producer of a given utterance, whether actually spoken or not.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • speaker (n.)
    One who speaks.
  • speaker (n.)
    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.
  • speaker (n.)
    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.
  • speaker (n.)
    A book of selections for declamation.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • speaker
    Device which transforms electrical signals into acoustical signals.
  • speaker
    One who makes a speech to an audience.
  • speaker
    The presiding officer in any of numerous legislative bodies.

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  • politics
    Speaker is the name of the person in charge of some legislatures, usually the lower house.

    House of Commons of the United Kingdom.

    The Speaker is elected by other members, usually he or she is a member of the government party, but leaves his or her party because the Speaker must be "neutral" (not like one side more than another). The Speaker does not vote. If the Speaker wants to stand in for re-election the other parties do not oppose him to show he is neutral.

    Dail Éireann in Ireland.

    The Speaker (Ceann Comhairle) is neutral, but the constitution (Bunreacht) of Ireland says he does not need to stand for re-election, he is given the first seat in his constituency.

    United States House of Representatives.

    The Speaker is the leader of the largest party. He or she is not neutral, but votes for his party's policies. The Speaker also helps to get his party's idea's made law.

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