What does Speaker mean?
Definitions for Speaker
ˈspi kərspeak·er
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Speaker.
Princeton's WordNet
speaker, talker, utterer, verbalizer, verbalisernoun
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"
loudspeaker, speaker, speaker unit, loudspeaker system, speaker systemnoun
electro-acoustic transducer that converts electrical signals into sounds loud enough to be heard at a distance
Speakernoun
the presiding officer of a deliberative assembly
"the leader of the majority party is the Speaker of the House of Representatives"
Wiktionary
speakernoun
One who speaks.
A native English speaker.
speakernoun
Loudspeaker.
speakernoun
The chair or presiding officer of certain legislative bodies, such as the U.K. House of Commons or the U.S. House of Representatives.
speakernoun
One who makes a speech to an audience.
The company hired a motivational speaker to boost morale.
speakernoun
A book containing passages of text for use in speeches.
speakernoun
The producer of a given utterance, whether actually spoken or not.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Speakernoun
Etymology: from speak.
These fames grew so general, as the authors were lost in the generality of speakers. Francis Bacon, Henry VII.
In conversation or reading, find out the true sense, idea which the speaker or writer affixes to his words. Isaac Watts, Logick.
Common speakers have only one set of ideas, and one set of words to cloath them in; and these are always ready at the mouth. Jonathan Swift.
Quintus Horatius Flaccus’s phrase is torret jecur;
And happy was that curious speaker. Matthew Prior.After my death, I with no other herald,
No other speaker of my living actions
To keep mine honour from corruption. William Shakespeare.I have disabled myself like an elected speaker of the house. Dryd.
ChatGPT
speaker
A speaker is an individual who communicates vocally by producing speech sounds to express thoughts, ideas or information, usually to an audience. In a technological context, a speaker refers to a device that converts electrical audio signals into corresponding sound.
Webster Dictionary
Speakernoun
one who speaks
Speakernoun
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
Speakernoun
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
Speakernoun
a book of selections for declamation
Wikidata
Speaker
The term speaker is a title often given to the presiding officer of a deliberative assembly, especially a legislative body. The speaker's official role is to moderate debate, make rulings on procedure, announce the results of votes, and the like. The speaker decides who may speak and has the powers to discipline members who break the procedures of the house. The speaker often also represents the body in person, as the voice of the body in ceremonial and some other situations. The title was first recorded in 1377 to describe the role of Thomas de Hungerford in the Parliament of England. By convention, Speakers are normally addressed in Parliament as Mister Speaker, if a man, or Madam Speaker, if a woman. In most other cultures other styles are used, mainly equivalents of English "chairman" or "president". In Canadian French, the Speaker of the House of Commons or of a legislature is referred to as Président. Many bodies also have a speaker pro tempore or deputy speaker, designated to fill in when the speaker is not available.
Editors Contribution
speaker
A person with the accurate and specific ability, experience, knowledge, skills, role, responsibility within a form of unity assembly, unity council, unity legislature, unity senate, unity house of representatives, unity government, local unity government, regional unity government, national unity government, european unity government and international unity government session.
The speaker of various forms of unity government manage and direct the order, agenda and program for governmental business within the legislature.
Submitted by MaryC on April 18, 2020
Etymology and Origins
Speaker
The official designation of the President of the House of Commons, to whom technically, the Members address themselves, though as a matter of fact, they address the country at large through the medium of the Press. Since he never speaks himself, except to rule a point of order, his title is a misnomer.
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
SPEAKER
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Speaker is ranked #15985 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Speaker surname appeared 1,816 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Speaker.
89.5% or 1,626 total occurrences were White.
5.7% or 104 total occurrences were Black.
2.3% or 43 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
1.1% or 20 total occurrences were of two or more races.
0.7% or 13 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
0.5% or 10 total occurrences were Asian.
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British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Speaker' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1295
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Speaker' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1742
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Speaker' in Nouns Frequency: #441
Anagrams for Speaker »
re-speak
respeak
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Speaker in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Speaker in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of Speaker in a Sentence
While many Democrats in the White House National Security Council and Senate would like to make a deal,( White House National Security Council) Speaker( Nancy) Pelosi will not let them negotiate, the party has been hijacked by the open borders fringe within the party. The radical left becoming the radical Democrats.
I don't want to get caught in semantics, we all agree, from Speaker Pelosi through every single member of White House Democratic Caucus, that we have a constitutional responsibility to hold an out of control executive branch accountable.
No, absolutely not, speaker Pelosi has always encouraged me to represent my district, has never told me to stop, has never told me to do anything differently ever.
You can't do the job 9-5, Monday through Friday, the speaker has to work on weekends. I'm not running for speaker, I've got young kids at home. ... The time commitment is not 40 hours a week.
What we have is a continuing failure by elected officials in Springfield on both sides of the aisle that’s been led by Speaker Madigan for 35 years, this is more of the same. The system is broken.
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- charradorAragonese
- سماعة, خطيبArabic
- parlant, altaveuCatalan, Valencian
- reproduktor, mluvčí, řečníkCzech
- seinyddWelsh
- taler, højttalerDanish
- Lautsprecher, SprecherGerman
- μεγάφωνο, ομιλητής, ρήτορας, πρόεδρος, ηχείοGreek
- laŭtparolilo, parolonto, parolanto, parolintoEsperanto
- altavoz, hablante, orador, oradoraSpanish
- kõneleja, spiiker, kõlar, rääkija, valjuhääldiEstonian
- بلندگوPersian
- puhuja, kovaääninen, puhemies, ämyri, kaiutin, kajariFinnish
- parleur, locuteur, président, orateur, haut-parleur, baffleFrench
- altofalante, orador, falante, oradoraGalician
- רמקולHebrew
- hangszóró, házelnök, beszélő, szónokHungarian
- խոսնակArmenian
- orator, parlator, altoparlatorInterlingua
- penutur, pembicaraIndonesian
- parolantoIdo
- hátalariIcelandic
- presidente, relatore, altoparlante, relatriceItalian
- 話者, 議長, スピーカー, 拡音器Japanese
- oratorLatin
- kaikōrero, kaiwhaikupu, kaiwhaikōrero, tukuoroMāori
- говорник, спикер, звучник, претседателMacedonian
- speaker, spiker, kelliem, kelliemaMaltese
- høytaler, høyttaler, høgtalerNorwegian
- luidspreker, box, sprekerDutch
- høgtalarNorwegian Nynorsk
- mówca, głośnikPolish
- altifalante, alto-falante, oradora, falante, oradorPortuguese
- willaqQuechua
- vorbitoare, vorbitorRomanian
- динамик, говорящий, колонка, докладчик, носитель, оратор, спикер, громкоговорительRussian
- govornik, govornica, zvočnik, govorec, predsednik, govorka, predsednicaSlovene
- altoparlantAlbanian
- ordförande, högtalare, föredragande, talman, föreläsare, talare, presidentSwedish
- spikaSwahili
- వక్తTelugu
- spiker, konuşmacı, sunucu, hoparlör, kolonTurkish
- динамікUkrainian
- loaVietnamese
- tonömVolapük
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