speaker

Meaning

1. One who speaks.
2. Loudspeaker.
3. Speakerphone.
4. The chair or presiding officer of certain legislative bodies, such as the U.K. House of Commons or the U.S. House of Representatives.
5. One who makes a speech to an audience.
6. (US) A book containing passages of text for use in speeches.
7. (especially) The producer of a given utterance, whether speech or text.
8. (especially) The producer of a given utterance, whether speech or text.
9. A key on a woodwind instrument of the clarinet family (compare octave key on other instruments) which induces the instrument to overblow.
10. (archaic) A wooden pole or spike used by hedgers to carry loads on their shoulders. Possibly Dorset dialect.

Synonyms

loudspeaker

📢

orator

talker

lecturer

chairman

announcer

interlocutor

loudspeaker system

narrator

spokesperson

speaker system

speaker unit

amplifier

chair

🪑

chairperson

collocutor

interlocutress

president

reporter

spokesman

utterer

verbalizer

verbaliser

person who is speaking

megaphone

messenger

mike

moderator

mover

conversationalist

oracle

communicative

parliament

preacher

presenter

colloquist

prolocutor

rapporteur

reciter

loud-voiced

rhetorician

chatterbox

speaking

🗣️

speechmaker

intercom speaker

chanter

squawker

strident

talkative

chancellor

Translations

Sprecher

🔈

Lautsprecher

📢

haut-parleur

📢

altoparlante

🔈

altavoz

📢

luidspreker

🔈

locuteur

🔈

Redner

🔈

alto-falante

📢

orador

🔈

orateur

box

🔈

oratore

🔈

spreker

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈspikɚ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: speker

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: Spreeker

Cognate with Western Frisian: sprekker

Cognate with Dutch: spreker

Cognate with German: Sprecher

In summary

From Middle English speker, spekere, an alteration (with change of suffix) of Old English speca, spreca (“speaker”), from Proto-Germanic *sprekô (“speaker”), equivalent to speak + -er. Compare Saterland Frisian Spreeker (“speaker”), West Frisian sprekker (“speaker”), Dutch spreker (“speaker”), German Low German Spreker (“speaker”), German Sprecher (“speaker”).

Sentences

The speaker is the presiding officer of the Inatsisartut.

David is an artist , best-selling author , entrepreneur and keynote speaker .