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Speakers and people who give speeches

speaker

noun

someone who gives a speech, or who talks about a subject to a group

lecturer

noun

someone who gives a lecture

presenter

noun

someone who gives a speech or gives someone a prize at a ceremony

orator

noun

someone who makes speeches in public, especially someone who is good at doing this

conveyor

noun

someone or something that carries or communicates something, especially news

voice

noun

a person, newspaper, organization etc that expresses a particular idea or that represents the opinions of a particular group

speaker

noun

someone who is talking

plenary

adjective

a plenary speaker talks about a subject to all the people at a particular meeting or a conference

charticle

a news article that consists of a chart … and only has a small amount of text

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