speaker

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈspikɚ/

Noun

US especially in linguistics

One who speaks. / Loudspeaker. / Speakerphone. / (politics) The chair or presiding officer of certain legislative bodies, such as the U.K. House of Commons or the U.S. House of Representatives.

Japanese Meaning

話し手 / 拡声器 / スピーカーフォン / 議長

What is this buttons?

The speaker addressed the crowd with calm authority.

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演説者は落ち着いた威厳で聴衆に語りかけた。

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One who speaks.

This title is derived from the first verse of the book (1.1), which is a heading or colophon informing the reader who this Qoheleth was: he was the author of the book, or at least the speaker of the words which are contained in it ...

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Loudspeaker.

She lost her hearing after standing too close to the speaker at the festival.

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Sense（3）

Speakerphone.

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One who makes a speech to an audience.

The company hired a motivational speaker to boost morale.

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(US) A book containing passages of text for use in speeches.

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(especially in linguistics) The producer of a given utterance, whether speech or text.

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Popular culture often incorrectly attributes quotes from the speakers of poems or songs to the authors thereof, as when "I took the one less traveled by" is attributed to Robert Frost rather than to the speaker in Frost's "The Road Not Taken".

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