Definition of speaker

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Speaker (n.) 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..

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Allegory :: Allegory (n.) A figurative sentence or discourse, in which the principal subject is described by another subject resembling it in its properties and circumstances. The real subject is thus kept out of view, and we are left to collect the intentions of the writer or speaker by the resemblance of the secondary to the primary subject..
Language :: Language (n.) The characteristic mode of arranging words, peculiar to an individual speaker or writer; manner of expression; style..
Mouther :: Mouther (n.) One who mouths; an affected speaker.
Aposiopesis :: Aposiopesis (n.) A figure of speech in which the speaker breaks off suddenly, as if unwilling or unable to state what was in his mind; as, I declare to you that his conduct -- but I can not speak of that, here..
Bring :: Bring (v. t.) To convey to the place where the speaker is or is to be; to bear from a more distant to a nearer place; to fetch.
Discourser :: Discourser (n.) One who discourse; a narrator; a speaker; an haranguer.
Anacoenosis :: Anacoenosis (n.) A figure by which a speaker appeals to his hearers or opponents for their opinion on the point in debate.
Frothy :: Frothy (superl.) Of the nature of froth; light; empty; unsubstantial; as, a frothy speaker or harangue..
Abscission :: Abscission (n.) A figure of speech employed when a speaker having begun to say a thing stops abruptly: thus, He is a man of so much honor and candor, and of such generosity -- but I need say no more..
Hum :: Hum (interj.) An inarticulate nasal sound or murmur, like h'm, uttered by a speaker in pause from embarrassment, affectation, etc..
Scrape :: Scrape (v. t.) To express disapprobation of, as a play, or to silence, as a speaker, by drawing the feet back and forth upon the floor; -- usually with down..
Contradict :: Contradict (v. t.) To assert the contrary of; to oppose in words; to take issue with; to gainsay; to deny the truth of, as of a statement or a speaker; to impugn..
Speaker :: Speaker (n.) A book of selections for declamation.
Voice :: Voice (n.) One who speaks; a speaker.
Hither :: Hither (adv.) To this place; -- used with verbs signifying motion, and implying motion toward the speaker; correlate of hence and thither; as, to come or bring hither..
Jeer :: "Jeer (v.) To utter sarcastic or scoffing reflections; to speak with mockery or derision; to use taunting language; to scoff; as, to jeer at a speaker..
Communication :: Communication (n.) A trope, by which a speaker assumes that his hearer is a partner in his sentiments, and says we, instead of I or you..
Mouth :: Mouth (n.) A principal speaker; one who utters the common opinion; a mouthpiece.
Emphasis :: Emphasis (n.) A particular stress of utterance, or force of voice, given in reading and speaking to one or more words whose signification the speaker intends to impress specially upon his audience..
Foreman :: Foreman (n.) The chief man of a jury, who acts as their speaker..
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