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speaker - someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous); "the speaker at commencement"; "an utterer of useful maxims" |
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talker,
utterer,
verbalizer,
verbaliser |
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articulator a movable speech organ
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alliterator a speaker or writer who makes use of alliteration
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caller,
caller-up,
phoner,
telephoner a social or business visitor; "the room was a mess because he hadn't expected company"
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babbler,
chatterbox,
chatterer,
magpie,
prater,
spouter any of various insectivorous Old World birds with a loud incessant song; in some classifications considered members of the family Muscicapidae
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conversationalist,
conversationist,
schmoozer someone skilled at conversation
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dictator a ruler who is unconstrained by law
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drawler someone who speaks with a drawl
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driveller,
jabberer someone whose talk is trivial drivel
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ejaculator a speaker who utters a sudden exclamation
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growler a small iceberg or ice floe just large enough to be hazardous for shipping
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asker,
enquirer,
inquirer,
querier,
questioner someone who asks a question
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lecturer someone who lectures professionally
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lisper a speaker who lisps
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mentioner a speaker who refers to something briefly or incidentally
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motormouth someone who talks incessantly; "I wish that motormouth would shut up"
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mumbler,
murmurer,
mutterer a person who speaks softly and indistinctly
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narrator,
storyteller,
teller someone who tells a story
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orator,
public speaker,
rhetorician,
speechifier,
speechmaker a person who delivers a speech or oration
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prattler someone who speaks in a childish way
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ranter,
raver someone who rants and raves; speaks in a violent or loud manner
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reciter someone who recites from memory
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native speaker a speaker of a particular language who has spoken that language since earliest childhood; "native speakers of French"
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stammerer,
stutterer someone who speaks with involuntary pauses and repetitions
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stentor any of several trumpet-shaped ciliate protozoans that are members of the genus Stentor
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talking head a talker on television who talks directly into the cameras and whose upper body is all that is shown on the screen
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venter a bulging body part (as the belly of a muscle)
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vociferator a loud and vehement speaker (usually in protest)
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voicer a speaker who voices an opinion
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wailer a mourner who utters long loud high-pitched cries
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whisperer one who speaks in a whisper
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informant,
witness,
witnesser a person who supplies information
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Speaker - the presiding officer of a deliberative assembly; "the leader of the majority party is the Speaker of the House of Representatives" |
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presiding officer the leader of a group meeting
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