Speaker : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Speaker	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Speaker
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
speaker n 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" Synonym(s): speaker, talker, utterer, verbalizer, verbaliser electro-acoustic transducer that converts electrical signals into sounds loud enough to be heard at a distance Synonym(s): loudspeaker, speaker, speaker unit, loudspeaker system, speaker system the presiding officer of a deliberative assembly; "the leader of the majority party is the Speaker of the House of Representatives"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Speaker \Speak"er\, n. 1. One who speaks. Specifically: (a) 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. (b) 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. 2. A book of selections for declamation. [U. S.]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
speaker 1. {loudspeaker}. 2. The person who is (assumed to be) talking. (1996-12-01)