There were three different speakers, but I couldn't make out their accents.
noun Loudspeaker.
She lost her hearing after standing too close to the speaker at the festival.
noun Speakerphone.
you're on speaker
noun The chair or presiding officer of certain legislative bodies, such as the U.K. House of Commons or the U.S. House of Representatives.
noun One who makes a speech to an audience.
hired speaker; motivational speaker
noun A book containing passages of text for use in speeches.
noun The producer of a given utterance, whether speech or text. The literary character uttering the lyrics of a poem or song, as opposed to the author writing the words of that character.
Popular culture often incorrectly attributes quotes from the speakers of poems or songs to the authors thereof, as when "I took the one less traveled by" is attributed to Robert Frost rather than to the speaker in Frost's "The Road Not Taken".
noun The literary character uttering the lyrics of a poem or song, as opposed to the author writing the words of that character.
Popular culture often incorrectly attributes quotes from the speakers of poems or songs to the authors thereof, as when "I took the one less traveled by" is attributed to Robert Frost rather than to the speaker in Frost's "The Road Not Taken".