Synonyms for speaker
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : spee-ker |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈspi kər |
Top 10 synonyms for speaker
Définition of speaker
Origin :- c.1300, "one who speaks," agent noun from speak (v.). First applied to "person who presides over an assembly" c.1400, from Anglo-French (late 14c.). In reference to the English Parliament, Sir Thomas de Hungerford apparently was the first.
- noun talker
- That the speaker was in earnest there could be no manner of question.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- "As empty as an English squire, coz," cried the first speaker.
- Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- "I do suppose Blackbeard's so afraid he don't know how to see," said the first speaker.
- Extract from : « Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates » by Howard Pyle
- Mrs. Cummings, the speaker, was no ordinary woman of Western make.
- Extract from : « A Woman Tenderfoot » by Grace Gallatin Seton-Thompson
- "We are men of his company and we have news for him," returned the speaker in the sampan.
- Extract from : « The Monster Men » by Edgar Rice Burroughs
- "He'd be an ugly customer in a row," remarked a fourth speaker.
- Extract from : « The Hunted Outlaw » by Anonymous
- Little Dorrit mildly looked at the speaker, but did not interrupt her.
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- Here the speaker was interrupted by applause that lasted several minutes.
- Extract from : « Freeland » by Theodor Hertzka
- The companions of the speaker take note that he is offended and stalks away.
- Extract from : « A Dish Of Orts » by George MacDonald
- The speaker finished with a bow towards Cornish, and resumed his seat.
- Extract from : « Roden's Corner » by Henry Seton Merriman
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