Speaker (redirected from Speakers)

Speaker, Tristram Known as "Tris." 1888-1958.

American baseball player who earned a career batting average of .344 playing with the Boston Red Sox (1907-1915) and the Cleveland Indians (1916-1926).

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speak·er  (spkr)

n.

1.

a. One who speaks.

b. A spokesperson.

2. One who delivers a public speech.

3. often Speaker The presiding officer of a legislative assembly.

4. A loudspeaker.

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speaker·ship n.

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speaker

Noun

1. a person who speaks, esp. someone making a speech

2. a person who speaks a particular language: a fluent Tibetan and English speaker

3. same as loudspeaker

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Speaker

Noun

the official chairman of a law-making body

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	speaker - 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" talker, verbaliser, verbalizer, utterer alliterator - a speaker or writer who makes use of alliteration articulator - someone who pronounces words caller-up, phoner, telephoner, caller - the person initiating a telephone call; "there were so many callers that he finally disconnected the telephone" babbler, chatterer, prater, spouter, chatterbox, magpie - an obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker conversationalist, conversationist, schmoozer - someone skilled at conversation dictator - a speaker who dictates to a secretary or a recording machine drawler - someone who speaks with a drawl driveller, jabberer - someone whose talk is trivial drivel ejaculator - a speaker who utters a sudden exclamation growler - a speaker whose voice sounds like a growl asker, enquirer, inquirer, querier, questioner - someone who asks a question lecturer - someone who lectures professionally lisper - a speaker who lisps mentioner - a speaker who refers to something briefly or incidentally motormouth - someone who talks incessantly; "I wish that motormouth would shut up" mumbler, murmurer, mutterer - a person who speaks softly and indistinctly 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; "native speakers of French" 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 witness, witnesser, informant - someone who sees an event and reports what happened
	2.	speaker - electro-acoustic transducer that converts electrical signals into sounds loud enough to be heard at a distance loudspeaker, loudspeaker system, speaker system, speaker unit bullhorn, loud hailer, loud-hailer - a portable loudspeaker with built-in microphone and amplifier electro-acoustic transducer - a transducer that converts electrical to acoustic energy or vice versa P.A., P.A. system, PA system, public address system, PA - an electronic amplification system used as a communication system in public areas 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; "the sound system had both tweeters and woofers" woofer - a loudspeaker that reproduces lower audio frequency sounds
	3.	Speaker - the presiding officer of a deliberative assembly; "the leader of the majority party is the Speaker of the House of Representatives" presiding officer - the leader of a group meeting

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speaker

noun orator, public speaker, lecturer, spokesperson, mouthpiece, spieler (informal) word-spinner, spokesman or spokeswoman

Translations

speaker [ˈspiːkəʳ] n (in public) → orador(a) m/f (also: loudspeaker) → altavoz m;

(for stereo etc) → bafle m;

(POL): the Speaker (BRIT) → el Presidente de la Cámara de los Comunes;

(US) → el Presidente del Congreso;

are you a Welsh speaker? → ¿habla Ud galés?

speaker [ˈspiːkəʳ] speak n (in public) → orateur m;

(also: loudspeaker) → haut-parleur m;

(for stereo etc) → baffle m, enceinte f;

(Pol);

the Speaker (Brit) → le président de la Chambre des communes or des représentants;

(US) → le président de la Chambre;

are you a Welsh speaker? → parlez-vous gallois?

speaker [ˈspiːkəʳ] speak n (in public) → Redner(in) m(f);

(also: loudspeaker) → Lautsprecher m;

(Pol);

the Speaker (Brit, US) → der Sprecher, die Sprecherin;

are you a Welsh speaker? speak → sprechen Sie Walisisch?

speaker [ˈspiːkəʳ] n (in public) → oratore/trice;

(also: loudspeaker) → altoparlante m;

(POL): the Speaker → il presidente della Camera dei Comuni > or dei Rappresentanti > (BRIT) (US);

are you a Welsh speaker? → parla gallese?