Speaker may refer to:
Society and politics
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Speaker (politics)
The speaker of a deliberative assembly, especially a legislative body, is its presiding officer, or the chair. The title was first used in 1377 in England.
Usage
The title was first recorded in 1377 to describe the role of Thomas de Hunger ...
, the presiding officer in a legislative assembly
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Public speaker
Public speaking, also called oratory or oration, has traditionally meant the act of speaking face to face to a live audience. Today it includes any form of speaking (formally and informally) to an audience, including pre-recorded speech deliver ...
, one who gives a speech or lecture
* A person producing
speech
Speech is a human vocal communication using language. Each language uses Phonetics, phonetic combinations of vowel and consonant sounds that form the sound of its words (that is, all English words sound different from all French words, even if ...
: the producer of a given utterance, especially:
** In poetry, the literary character uttering the lyrics of a poem or song, as opposed to the author writing the words of that character; see
Character (arts)
In fiction, a character (or speaker, in poetry) is a person or other being in a narrative (such as a novel, play, radio or television series, music, film, or video game). The character may be entirely fictional or based on a real-life person, i ...
Electronics
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Loudspeaker
A loudspeaker (commonly referred to as a speaker or speaker driver) is an electroacoustic transducer that converts an electrical audio signal into a corresponding sound. A ''speaker system'', also often simply referred to as a "speaker" or " ...
, a device that produces sound
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Computer speakers
Computer speakers, or multimedia speakers, are speakers sold for use with computers, although usually capable of other audio uses, e.g. for an MP3 player. Most such speakers have an internal amplifier and consequently require a power source, whic ...
, speakers sold for use with computers
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Speaker driver
An electrodynamic speaker driver, often called simply a speaker driver when the type is implicit, is an individual transducer that converts an electrical audio signal to sound waves. While the term is sometimes used interchangeably with the ...
, the essential electromechanical element of the loudspeaker
Arts, entertainment and media
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Los Speakers
Los Speakers (the Speakers) from Bogotá, Colombia, were a beat and garage rock band active the 1960s. Their particular style was characterized by the influence of early Beatles and the Byrds, as well as other popular music of the era. Later, ...
(or "The Speakers"), a Colombian rock band from the 1960s
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''The Speaker'' (periodical), a weekly review published in London from 1890 to 1907
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''The Speaker'' (TV series), a 2009 BBC television series
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"Speaker" (song), by David Banner
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"Speakers" (Sam Hunt song), 2014
* ''The Speaker'', the second book in Traci Chee's
Sea of Ink and Gold trilogy, published in 2017
Places
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Speaker Township, Michigan, US
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Speakers Bank, in the Indian Ocean
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Speakers' Corner (disambiguation)
Ships
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HMS ''Speaker'' (D90), a 1943 World War II Royal Navy aircraft carrier
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English ship ''Speaker'' (1650), frigate launched in 1650, renamed HMS ''Mary'' in 1660
People
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Tris Speaker
Tristram Edgar Speaker (April 4, 1888 – December 8, 1958), nicknamed "the Gray Eagle", was an American professional baseball player. Considered one of the greatest players in the history of Major League Baseball (MLB), he compiled a career ba ...
(1888–1958), American baseball player
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Raymond Speaker (born 1935), Canadian farmer and politician
See also
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Professional speaker (disambiguation)
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Native Speaker (disambiguation)
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Spokesperson
A spokesperson, spokesman, or spokeswoman, is someone engaged or elected to speak on behalf of others.
Duties and function
In the present media-sensitive world, many organizations are increasingly likely to employ professionals who have receiv ...
, someone engaged or elected to speak on behalf of others
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Grammatical person
In linguistics, grammatical person is the grammatical distinction between deictic references to participant(s) in an event; typically the distinction is between the speaker ( first person), the addressee ( second person), and others (third pers ...
, grammatical category distinguishing the participants in a speech or signing event
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Voice actor
Voice acting is the art of performing voice-overs to present a character or provide information to an audience. Performers are called voice actors/actresses, voice artists, dubbing artists, voice talent, voice-over artists, or voice-over talent ...
, one who does voice recordings or spoken word performances
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