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Speaker
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. One who speaks. Specifically:
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. A book of selections for declamation. [U. S.]