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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Electro-acoustic transducer that converts electrical signals into sounds loud enough to be heard at a distance
Synonyms:
loudspeaker; loudspeaker system; speaker; speaker system; speaker unit
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("speaker" is a kind of...):
electro-acoustic transducer (a transducer that converts electrical to acoustic energy or vice versa)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "speaker"):
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)
woofer (a loudspeaker that reproduces lower audio frequency sounds)
Holonyms ("speaker" is a part of...):
P.A.; P.A. system; PA; PA system; public address system (an electronic amplification system used as a communication system in public areas)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous)
Example:
an utterer of useful maxims
Synonyms:
speaker; talker; utterer; verbaliser; verbalizer
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("speaker" is a kind of...):
articulator (someone who pronounces words)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "speaker"):
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)
stammerer; stutterer (someone who speaks with involuntary pauses and repetitions)
stentor (a speaker with an unusually loud voice)
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 speaker who expresses or gives vent to a personal opinion or grievance)
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)
informant; witness; witnesser (someone who sees an event and reports what happened)
mumbler; murmurer; mutterer (a person who speaks softly and indistinctly)
motormouth (someone who talks incessantly)
mentioner (a speaker who refers to something briefly or incidentally)
lisper (a speaker who lisps)
lecturer (someone who lectures professionally)
asker; enquirer; inquirer; querier; questioner (someone who asks a question)
growler (a speaker whose voice sounds like a growl)
ejaculator (a speaker who utters a sudden exclamation)
driveller; jabberer (someone whose talk is trivial drivel)
drawler (someone who speaks with a drawl)
dictator (a speaker who dictates to a secretary or a recording machine)
conversationalist; conversationist; schmoozer (someone skilled at conversation)
babbler; chatterbox; chatterer; magpie; prater; spouter (an obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker)
caller; caller-up; phoner; telephoner (the person initiating a telephone call)
alliterator (a speaker or writer who makes use of alliteration)
Derivation:
speak (express in speech)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The presiding officer of a deliberative assembly
Example:
the leader of the majority party is the Speaker of the House of Representatives
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("Speaker" is a kind of...):
presiding officer (the leader of a group meeting)
Derivation:
speakership (the position of Speaker)
Context examples:
A speech sound that is distinguished by the speakers of a particular language.
(Phoneme, NCI Thesaurus)
Thus, the rhythms of the brainwaves corresponding to the speaker and the listener adjust according to the physical properties of the sound of the verbal messages expressed in a conversation.
(Our Brains Synchronize during A Conversation, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
The remains are genetically very close to the ancestors of Paleo-Siberian speakers and close to the ancestors of Native Americans.
(DNA from 31,000-year-old milk teeth leads to discovery of new group of ancient Siberians, University of Cambridge)
A desktop conferencing system consists of a computer, an attached video camera, microphone, and speakers, and a telephone or network connection.
(Desktop Video, NCI Thesaurus)
“You'll perhaps batten down your hatches till you're spoke to, my friend,” cried Silver truculently to this speaker.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
Denotes those persons of mainly Arabic speakers who regard themselves as a distinct branch of the Arabic-speaking peoples, with family origin in Palestine being the defining characteristic.
(Palestinian, NCI Thesaurus)
Potential risks to the brain can be minimised by using headphones or the loud speaker while calling, in particular when network quality is low and the mobile phone is functioning at maximum power.
(Cell Phone Radiation Harmful for Memory, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Mr. Wickham was the happy man towards whom almost every female eye was turned, and Elizabeth was the happy woman by whom he finally seated himself; and the agreeable manner in which he immediately fell into conversation, though it was only on its being a wet night, made her feel that the commonest, dullest, most threadbare topic might be rendered interesting by the skill of the speaker.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
And the business of this officer is, when two, three, or more persons are in company, gently to strike with his bladder the mouth of him who is to speak, and the right ear of him or them to whom the speaker addresses himself.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
The path, as you ascend higher, is intersected by ravines of snow, down which stones continually roll from above; one of them is particularly dangerous, as the slightest sound, such as even speaking in a loud voice, produces a concussion of air sufficient to draw destruction upon the head of the speaker.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
