Speak"er (?), n. 1. One who speaks. Specifically: (a) One who utters or
pronounces a discourse; usually, one who utters a speech in public; as,
the man is a good speaker, or a bad speaker. (b) One who is the
mouthpiece of others; especially, one who presides over, or speaks for,
a delibrative assembly, preserving order and regulating the debates;
as, the Speaker of the House of Commons, originally, the mouthpiece of
the House to address the king; the Speaker of a House of
Representatives.