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speaker — [ spikɶr ] n. m. • 1649; mot angl., proprt « celui qui parle » 1 ♦ Président de la Chambre des communes, en Angleterre. 2 ♦ (1926; « annonceur de résultats sportifs » 1904) Anglic. Vieilli ⇒ annonceur, présentateur. « Sabotage de la prononciation … Encyclopédie Universelle
Speaker — may refer to:* Speaker (politics), the presiding officer in a legislative assembly ** Speaker of the British House of Commons ** Speaker of the United States House of Representatives * Speaker (song), single by David Banner on his album The… … Wikipedia
Speaker — speak·er n often cap: the presiding officer of a deliberative assembly Speaker of the House of Representatives Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. speaker … Law dictionary
Speaker — Speak er, n. 1. One who speaks. Specifically: (a) One who utters or pronounces a discourse; usually, one who utters a speech in public; as, the man is a good speaker, or a bad speaker. (b) One who is the mouthpiece of others; especially, one who… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
speaker — 1. Voz inglesa con la que se designa al presidente de la Cámara de los Comunes británica o al de la Cámara de Representantes estadounidense. Es lícito su empleo, como extranjerismo crudo escrito, por tanto, con resalte tipográfico , en referencia … Diccionario panhispánico de dudas
speaker — [n] talker after dinner speaker, announcer, elocutionist, keynoter, lecturer, mouthpiece, orator, public speaker, rhetorician, speechmaker, spokesperson; concept 348 … New thesaurus
speaker — or Speaker of the House [spē′kər] n. 1. a person who speaks; esp., a) a person who makes a speech or speeches in public b) the officer presiding over any of various lawmaking bodies ☆ c) [S ] the presiding officer of the U.S. House of… … English World dictionary
speaker — ► NOUN 1) a person who speaks. 2) a person who speaks a specified language. 3) a person who makes a speech at a formal occasion. 4) (Speaker) the presiding officer in a legislative assembly, especially the House of Commons. 5) a loudspeaker … English terms dictionary
Speaker — (engl., spr. Spihler), 1) Sprecher, Redner; 2) der Sprecher (Präsident) des englischen Parlaments; das Parlamentsglied, welches beauftragt ist die Verhandlungen zu leiten u. vorkommenden Falls für das ganze Haus das Wort zu führen. Im Oberhause… … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Speaker — (engl., spr. ßpīker), »Sprecher«, Vorsitzender des Unterhauses im englischen Parlament sowie des Repräsentantenhauses der Vereinigten Staaten … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Speaker — (engl., spr. spihker), Sprecher, der Vorsitzende des Unterhauses im engl. Parlament … Kleines Konversations-Lexikon
