speaker: Meaning and Definition of

speak•er

1. a person who speaks.
2. a person who speaks formally before an audience; lecturer; orator.
3. (usually cap.) the presiding officer of the U.S. House of Representatives, the British House of Commons, or other such legislative assembly.
4. Also calledan electroacoustic device, often housed in a cabinet, that is connected as a component in an audio system, its function being to make speech or music audible.
5. a book of selections for practice in declamation.
6. See(defs. 9, 10).

Spea•ker

1. 1888–1958, U.S. baseball player.