keynote speaker

noun

: one who delivers a keynote address

Examples of keynote speaker in a Sentence

Senator Williams was the keynote speaker at the convention.

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The keynote speaker will be Kent Chamberlin, past chairman and a professor emeritus in the University of New Hampshire’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. —

Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Feb. 2025 Tony Thurmond, California State superintendent of public instruction, is the keynote speaker. —

Larry Magid, The Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2025 Ebenezer keynote speaker Bishop William Barber II, co-chair of the Poor People's Campaign, cautioned Trump against overlooking America's poor and hungry. —

Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 21 Jan. 2025 Author and civil rights family member Lisa McNair is a keynote speaker, and James Wheatley of Celebration Arts will receive the Robert T. Matsui Community Service Award. —

Marcus D. Smith, Sacramento Bee, 16 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for keynote speaker

Word History

First Known Use

1896, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler

The first known use of keynote speaker was in 1896

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“Keynote speaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/keynote%20speaker. Accessed 10 Feb. 2025.

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