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- pronunciation:
- spi
k
 r
- features:
- Word Explorer, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a person who speaks.
Everyone turned around to see the speaker of these surprising words.She is a very good speaker of French. |
| definition 2: |
a person who speaks publicly.
The speaker at the graduation was both interesting and inspiring. |
| definition 3: |
an electronic device that produces sound; loudspeaker.
My stereo system has two speakers.
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| definition 4: |
(sometimes capitalized) the leader of the U.S. House of Representatives or other legislative assembly.
In 1999, Dennis Hastert became the Speaker of the House of Representatives. |
The word speaker
contains the following part:
-er, -or, -ar2
Latin
noun-forming suffix
that means a person or thing that does
  More about this word part:
The suffix group -er
, -or
, -ar2 turns verbs into agent nouns.
Example words:
actor, administrator, builder, batter3, beggar, broiler, burglar, captor, carrier, censor, cleaner, commissioner, computer, consumer, container, dancer, diner, director, doctor, driver, employer, farmer, freezer, liar, manager, motor, painter1, pitcher2, player, potter, preacher, razor, refrigerator, reporter, runner, sailor, sculptor, seller, singer, speaker, survivor, teacher, tractor, user, vendor, washer, worker, writer
- synonyms:
- -ist, -ite2, -ator, -an, -ian, -ean
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