speaker

Forms

1.One who speaks.
- There were three different speakers, but I couldn't make out their accents.
- As [David] Bellos points out, those born as English speakers are now a minority of English speakers: most speak it as a second language. English is the world’s biggest interlanguage.
2.Loudspeaker.
- She lost her hearing after standing too close to the speaker at the festival.
3.Speakerphone.
- She is a fluent speaker of English.
4.The chair or presiding officer of certain legislative bodies, such as the U.K. House of Commons or the U.S. House of Representatives.
- She is a fluent speaker of English.

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Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *spregʰ-?

Proto-Indo-European *spreg-?

Proto-Germanic *sprekaną

Proto-West Germanic *sprekan

Old English sprecan

Old English specan

Middle English speken

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Proto-Italic *-āzios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriusbor.