name
Meaning 1
A surname
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Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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name
A surname
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noun
One who speaks.
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noun
Loudspeaker.
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noun
Speakerphone.
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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.
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Topics: government, politics
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noun
One who makes a speech to an audience.
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Synonyms: speechmaker, orator, presenter, announcer
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noun
A book containing passages of text for use in speeches.
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Usage: US
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noun
The producer of a given utterance, whether speech or text.
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Usage: especially
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noun
The producer of a given utterance, whether speech or text.
The literary character uttering the lyrics of a poem or song, as opposed to the author writing the words of that character.
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Usage: especially
Topics: communications, journalism, literature, media, poetry, publishing, writing
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noun
A key on a woodwind instrument of the clarinet family (compare octave key on other instruments) which induces the instrument to overblow.
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Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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noun
A wooden pole or spike used by hedgers to carry loads on their shoulders. Possibly Dorset dialect.
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Usage: archaic
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noun
Alternative letter-case form of speaker (“presiding officer of a legislative body”).
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Usage: alt-of
Topics: government, politics
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noun
electro-acoustic transducer that converts electrical signals into sounds loud enough to be heard at a distance
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: loudspeaker, speaker unit, loudspeaker system, speaker system
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: electro-acoustic transducer
Narrower terms: bullhorn, loud hailer, loud-hailer, squawk box, squawker, intercom speaker, subwoofer, tannoy, tweeter, woofer
noun
someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: talker, utterer, verbalizer, verbaliser
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: articulator
Narrower terms: alliterator, caller, caller-up, phoner, telephoner, chatterer, babbler, prater, chatterbox, magpie, spouter, conversationalist, conversationist, schmoozer, dictator, drawler, driveller, jabberer, ejaculator, growler, inquirer, enquirer, questioner, querier, asker, lecturer, lisper, mentioner, motormouth, mutterer, mumbler, murmurer, narrator, storyteller, teller, orator, speechmaker, rhetorician, public speaker, speechifier, prattler, ranter, raver, reciter, native speaker, stammerer, stutterer, stentor, talking head, venter, vociferator, voicer, wailer, whisperer, witness, witnesser, informant
noun
the presiding officer of a deliberative assembly
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: presiding officer
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *spregh-? Proto-Indo-European *spreg-? Proto-Germanic *sprekaną Proto-West Germanic *sprekan Old English sprecan Old English specan Middle English speken Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere Middle English spekere, speker English speaker 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”).
Across languages
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