- a person who speaks.
- a person who speaks formally before an audience; lecturer; orator.
- the presiding officer of the U.S. House of Representatives, the British House of Commons, or other such legislative assembly.
- an 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.
- a book of selections for practice in declamation.
- U.S. baseball player.
- a person who speaks, esp at a formal occasion
- See loudspeaker
- the presiding officer in any of numerous legislative bodies, including the House of Commons in Britain and Canada and the House of Representatives in the US, Australia, and New Zealand
