Speaker
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Speaker may refer to:
- Public speaker, one who gives a speech or lecture
- Speaker (politics)Speaker (politics)The term speaker is a title often given to the presiding officer of a deliberative assembly, especially 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 speaker decides who may speak and has the...
, the presiding officer in a legislative assembly - LoudspeakerLoudspeakerA loudspeaker is an electroacoustic transducer that produces sound in response to an electrical audio signal input. Non-electrical loudspeakers were developed as accessories to telephone systems, but electronic amplification by vacuum tube made loudspeakers more generally useful...
, an electromechanical device which produces sound - Computer speakerComputer speakerComputer speakers, or multimedia speakers, are speakers external to a computer, that disable the lower fidelity built-in speaker. They often have a low-power internal amplifier. The standard audio connection is a 3.5 mm stereo jack plug often color-coded lime green for computer sound cards...
- HMS Speaker (D90)HMS Speaker (D90)HMS Speaker , a Bogue-class 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.-Design and description:...
, a WWII Royal Navy aircraft carrier - Speaker, in linguistics, a grammatical personGrammatical personGrammatical person, in linguistics, is deictic 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...
, first person as opposed to the addressee and bystanders - The SpeakerThe SpeakerThe Speaker is a 2009 British television series, broadcast on BBC Two. It is a talent show type series that aimed to find the best young speaker in the United Kingdom. The show is narrated by Jane Horrocks...
, a BBC television series - Los SpeakersLos SpeakersLos Speakers was a Colombian rock band from the 1960s.Much of their recorded material consisted of covers of popular bands of the era including the Byrds and the Beatles, as well as a couple of obscure Spanish group Los Brincos...
(or "The Speakers"), a Colombian rock band from the 1960s