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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
The Texas camp lacked a detailed evacuation plan and never used speakers or walkie-talkies to tell children to leave cabins as floodwaters rapidly rose and claimed lives.
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Jim Vertuno, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2026
Palos Heights resident Pat Coogan, who’s a prospect in the NFL draft, recently spoke to students as part of Marist High School’s Leadership, Literature & Film speaker series, sharing his insights in how to succeed at college athletics and other areas of life.
—Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 16 Apr. 2026
There’s nothing humdrum about the standard eight-speaker Bose Premium Sound System either.
—New Atlas, 16 Apr. 2026
Variety has announced additional speakers for the 2026 Entertainment Marketing Summit, presented by Deloitte, on April 22 in Los Angeles.
—William Earl, Variety, 16 Apr. 2026
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Jim Vertuno, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2026
Palos Heights resident Pat Coogan, who’s a prospect in the NFL draft, recently spoke to students as part of Marist High School’s Leadership, Literature & Film speaker series, sharing his insights in how to succeed at college athletics and other areas of life.
—Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 16 Apr. 2026
There’s nothing humdrum about the standard eight-speaker Bose Premium Sound System either.
—New Atlas, 16 Apr. 2026
Variety has announced additional speakers for the 2026 Entertainment Marketing Summit, presented by Deloitte, on April 22 in Los Angeles.
—William Earl, Variety, 16 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for speaker
Noun
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There are six vacancies, including the chairperson.—
Beth Mole,
ArsTechnica,
16 Apr. 2026
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The bill would designate the CCC chair as the person responsible for personnel and administrative matters at the agency and makes explicit that the executive director is to report directly to the chairperson.—
State House News Service,
Boston Herald,
6 Apr. 2026
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According to a spokesperson for BMC, there was a fire in an electrical room at the hospital but it has since been contained.—
Matt Schooley,
CBS News,
15 Apr. 2026
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But the spokesperson declined to say how many people were impacted.—
Mike Levine,
ABC News,
14 Apr. 2026
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Her mother, who is Welsh, was a university lecturer, and her father, originally from Liverpool, worked his way up from bussing tables at a hotel restaurant to running the business.—
Seija Rankin,
HollywoodReporter,
16 Apr. 2026
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Go now as our lecturer said that with climate change, ships may be traversing through the Arctic in the future, instead.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
15 Apr. 2026
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The Australian actor, 31, stars in the new horror movie as Arthur, who re-creates and uploads videos of the kills shown in the titular 1978 film (once widely believed to be an actual snuff film), opposite Barbie Ferreira, who plays a content moderator trying to thwart him.—
Bailey Richards,
PEOPLE,
12 Apr. 2026
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Meanwhile, content moderator Margot (Barbie Ferreira) grows concerned and starts looking into the content, starting up a deadly cat-and-mouse game.—
William Earl,
Variety,
10 Apr. 2026
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The cuts also include 53 non-teaching positions associated with schools that are closing in the 2026-27 school year, district spokesman John Sullivan said.—
Scott Travis,
Sun Sentinel,
16 Apr. 2026
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Journalists in the bubble get the pope’s speeches ahead of time and have occasional access to delegation members, as well as other information in real time from the Vatican spokesman.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 Apr. 2026
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Pepper, as he was called, was also Phi Beta Kappa, contender for the Heisman, and the president of his class.—
John McPhee,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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Garrett Ballengee is president and CEO of the Cardinal Institute for West Virginia Policy.—
Charles Mitchell,
Washington Post,
20 Apr. 2026
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Ticket headaches have added to a controversial run-up to the Games for LA28, which also faced backlash after chairman Casey Wasserman was mentioned in the Epstein files released in February.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Apr. 2026
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Netflix co-founder and chairman Reed Hastings, who served as CEO for 25 years and dramatically shook up the entertainment business, is leaving the streaming giant’s board of directors.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
16 Apr. 2026
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“Speaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/speaker. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.
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