SPEAKER

n.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
n.

One who speaks. Specifically:

2.
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.

3.
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.

4.
n.

A book of selections for declamation. [U. S.]

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