speaker

noun
/ˈspikɚ/

One who speaks.

Example

“There were three different speakers, but I couldn't make out their accents.”

Other meanings

The chair or presiding officer of certain legislative bodies, such as the U.K. House of Commons or the U.S. House of Representatives.
One who makes a speech to an audience.

Related words

doublespeaker
forespeaker
forthspeaker
gainspeaker
interspeaker
intraspeaker
lawspeaker
multispeaker
nonspeaker
semispeaker
speakeress
speakerless

Example sentences

“Are you sure he's a native speaker?”
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“I am a native speaker of the penguin language.”
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“There doesn't seem to be consensus on this among speakers.”
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Word history

From Old English "speca".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “speaker” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.