Category: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.]