spekere

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === spekar, spekare, speker === Etymology === From speken (“to speak”) +‎ -ere (suffix forming agent nouns). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈspɛ̞ːkər(ə)/ IPA(key): /ˈspɛ̞ːkɛ̞ːr(ə)/ (with secondary stress) === Noun === spekere (plural spekeres) speaker (individual who speaks) speaker, orator (one giving a speech) speaker (presiding officer of a legislature or assembly) (rare) writer, commentator ==== Descendants ==== English: speaker (see there for further descendants) Middle Scots: spekar, speikar Scots: spikker ==== References ==== “spēker(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.