1
as in chairperson
a person in charge of a meeting
the speaker announced that it was time for the club to move on to another matter
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as in spokesperson
a person who speaks for another or for a group
unofficially chose a speaker to broach the subject with the supervisor of the department
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as in lecturer
a person who makes usually formal public speeches
the after-dinner speaker was a career diplomat who regaled us with humorous anecdotes from his travels abroad
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Recent Examples of speaker
Visitors can also find door prizes, raffles, expert speakers and demonstrations, American Orchid Society judging and displays over the course of three days at the Florida National Armory in Orlando.
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Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 June 2025
The best-selling speaker is constructed with a slim racetrack woofer and special components, like neodymium magnets, that minimize distortion but deliver crisp, bass-intense, and room-filling audio.
—Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 3 June 2025
Roberts and the Judicial Conference should demand these, and the speaker of the House and majority leader of the Senate must agree to seek them.
—Robert B. Reich, Hartford Courant, 3 June 2025
The inspirational speaker will be Lisa Grigg from Weatherford, Texas.
—Deb Harvell, Arkansas Online, 25 May 2025
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Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 June 2025
The best-selling speaker is constructed with a slim racetrack woofer and special components, like neodymium magnets, that minimize distortion but deliver crisp, bass-intense, and room-filling audio.
—Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 3 June 2025
Roberts and the Judicial Conference should demand these, and the speaker of the House and majority leader of the Senate must agree to seek them.
—Robert B. Reich, Hartford Courant, 3 June 2025
The inspirational speaker will be Lisa Grigg from Weatherford, Texas.
—Deb Harvell, Arkansas Online, 25 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for speaker
Noun
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Trump has additionally proposed a 12 percent budget cut to the Smithsonian that would leave both the Anacostia Community Museum and the National Museum of the American Latino unfunded, and has appointed himself chairperson of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
10 June 2025
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What do other experts say? Margherita Fontana, a dentist and the chairperson of the Department of Cariology, Restorative Sciences & Endodontics at the University of Michigan, said fluoride is used in the United States in a way that is safe and effective.—
Romy Ellenbogen,
Miami Herald,
15 May 2025
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In a statement to the Star-Telegram, a Keller spokesperson said only one candidate applied.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
6 June 2025
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The 24-foot boat had sunk in the Sacramento River three weeks ago, near the Virgin Sturgeon Restaurant & Marina, according to Eric Laughlin, a spokesperson for the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.—
Ethan Wolin,
Sacbee.com,
6 June 2025
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The moderator and the three speakers consisted of: Moderator: Dr. Kilian M Pohl, AI4MH Lead, Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (Major Labs and Incubator) and, by courtesy, of Electrical Engineering.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
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The tension at Dorchester’s packed Prince Hall started as the moderator, Yawu Miller of Flipside News, was posing a rather loaded question about immigration to the four candidates taking part in the second forum of the mayoral race, Kraft, Mayor Michelle Wu, Domingos DaRosa, and Robert Cappucci.—
Gayla Cawley,
Boston Herald,
29 May 2025
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There were 13 crashes and 23 fatalities in 2022, a DOT spokesman has said.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
14 June 2025
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Phil DiMartino, a police spokesman, said officers will be monitoring it.—
Kendrick Calfee,
Kansas City Star,
13 June 2025
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In documents submitted to the court this week, the president’s lawyers argued that such conditions did exist in Los Angeles, making the deployments legal.—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
13 June 2025
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The Corporation for Public Broadcasting sued the administration over its effort to fire three board members, arguing that the Public Broadcasting Act shields it from the president’s interference.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
12 June 2025
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Hegseth planned to appear before the House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee alongside Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff, and acting Pentagon Comptroller Bryn Woollacott MacDonnell to discuss the administration's upcoming 2026 budget request.—
Anne Flaherty,
ABC News,
10 June 2025
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Luis Dávila Pernas, the party’s chairman, made the endorsement official in a new campaign ad that Cuomo’s team was set to air on television and digital platforms during Sunday’s Puerto Rican Day Parade in Manhattan.—
Chris Sommerfeldt,
New York Daily News,
8 June 2025
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“Speaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/speaker. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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