1
a
: one that speaks
especially
: one who uses a language
native speakers of French
b
: one who makes a public speech
c
: one who acts as a spokesperson
2
: the presiding officer of a deliberative assembly
Speaker of the House of Representatives
3
Examples of speaker in a Sentence
I disagree with the last speaker.
He is an excellent public speaker.
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That means the speaker, whose name-recognition on a citywide level is low, has lots of ground to catch up with just weeks to go until the primary and early voting starting June 14.
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Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 5 June 2025
More than a half-century later, Bill Clinton adopted a strategy of cooperation with the new Republican House speaker, Newt Gingrich, when Democrats lost control of Congress in the 1994 midterm elections.
—Susan Page, USA Today, 5 June 2025
The speakers support Bluetooth connections, but only the basic SBC codec.
—PC Magazine, 4 June 2025
The captioning system seemed pretty fast and accurate in our test and could even update captions from multiple speakers at the same time.
—ArsTechnica, 3 June 2025
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Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 5 June 2025
More than a half-century later, Bill Clinton adopted a strategy of cooperation with the new Republican House speaker, Newt Gingrich, when Democrats lost control of Congress in the 1994 midterm elections.
—Susan Page, USA Today, 5 June 2025
The speakers support Bluetooth connections, but only the basic SBC codec.
—PC Magazine, 4 June 2025
The captioning system seemed pretty fast and accurate in our test and could even update captions from multiple speakers at the same time.
—ArsTechnica, 3 June 2025
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“Speaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/speaker. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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speaker
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