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  Speaker may refer to:

  • Speaker (politics)
    Speaker (politics)

    The term speaker is a title often given to the presiding officer of a legislative body. The speaker's official role is to moderate debate, make rulings on procedure, announce the results of votes, and the like....
    , the presiding officer in a legislative assembly
    • Speaker of the House of Commons (UK)
    • Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
      Speaker of the United States House of Representatives

      The Speaker of the United States House of Representatives is the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. The current Speaker is Nancy Pelosi, a Democratic Party representing California's 8th congressional district....
    • Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons
      Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons

      In Canada the Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons is the Presiding Officer of the lower house and is elected at the beginning of each new parliament by fellow MPs....
    • Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives
      Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives

      The Speaker of the House of Representatives is the presiding officer of the House of Representatives, the lower house of the Parliament of Australia....
    • Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives
      Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives

      In New Zealand the Speaker of the House of Representatives is the individual who chairs the country's legislative body, the New Zealand House of Representatives ....
  • Speaker for the Dead
    Speaker for the Dead

    Speaker for the Dead is a science fiction novel by Orson Scott Card and an indirect sequel to the novel Ender's Game. This book takes place around the year 5270, some 3,000 years after the events in Ender's Game....
    , a science fiction novel by Orson Scott Card
  • HMS Speaker (D90)
    HMS Speaker (D90)

    HMS Speaker , a Bogue class escort carrier escort aircraft carrier, based on a "C3" hull, was originally the USS Delgada which was transferred to the United Kingdom under the Lend-Lease program....
    , a WWII Royal Navy aircraft carrier


It may also refer to:
  • Orator
    Orator

    An orator, or oratist, is a speaker.An orator may also be called an oratarian - literally, "he who orates".Etymology...
    , or public speaker, one who gives a speech or lecture
  • Loudspeaker
    Loudspeaker

    A loudspeaker, speaker, or speaker system is an electroacoustical transducer that converts an electricity signal processing to sound....
    , an electromechanical device which produces sound
  • Native speaker
    Native Speaker

    Native Speaker is Chang-Rae Lee?s first novel. In Native Speaker, he creates a man named Henry Park who tries to assimilate into American society and become a ?native speaker.?...
    , a first-language speaker
  • In linguistics
    Linguistics

    Linguistics is the science study of natural language. Linguistics encompasses a number of sub-fields. An important topical division is between the study of language structure and the study of Meaning ....
    , the first person
    Grammatical person

    Grammatical person, in linguistics, is deixis reference to a participant in an event, such as the speaker, the addressee, or others. Grammatical person typically defines a language's set of personal pronouns....
     as opposed to the addressee
    Addressee

    In linguistics, an addressee is an intended direct recipient of the speaker's communication. A listener is either an addressee or a bystander....
     and bystanders
  • Computer speaker
    Computer speaker

    Computer speakers, or multimedia speakers, are external speakers, commonly equipped with a low-power internal amplifier. The standard audio connection is a 3.5mm stereo jack plug often colour-coded lime green for computer sound cards....