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Answer for the clue "House head ", 7 letters:
speaker

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Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 One who speaks. 2 loudspeaker. 3 (context politics English) The chair or presiding officer of certain legislative bodies, such as the U.K. House of Commons or the U.S. House of Representatives. 4 One who makes a speech to an audience. 5 (context US ...

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a guest speaker/lecturer (= one who is invited to an event from another organization, university etc ) ▪ The guest speaker at the conference was Dr. Kim. keynote speaker ▪ Bill Gates is booked as the keynote speaker ...

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
The Speaker of a deliberative assembly , especially a legislative body , is its presiding officer (chair). The title was first used in 1377 in England.

Usage examples of speaker.

It was obvious by the clattering noises over the speaker that Abies was done with them again.

Rose Fuller moved that the address should be recommitted, but no arguments which he, or any speaker that took part with him adduced, could alter the disposition of the house upon the subject, and his motion was negatived by a large majority.

One of the speakers was relating how a very famous advertising mogul insisted that every radio creative meeting be attended by artists as well as copywriters.

In CIC, aerology, the coding room, men listened tensely to the crackling, buzzing speakers that would tell the story of the battle before it broke overhead.

An automatic rheostat must have been mounted to the speaker, for the volume rose steadily, until the noise of the storm wind filled the office, a blast of rushing airlike the sounds of an experimental wind tunnel at maximum velocity.

Baynes, and turned to Ban Sar Din to ask if the ashram offered yoga programs, breathing, discussion groups, chanting, and had guest speakers.

Since it would promote free enterprise, I hoped to get strong bipartisan support and was encouraged by the fact that Speaker Hastert seemed especially interested in the effort.

Space, off Carnaby Street, that was done out like a spaceship, the doors to the sound booths were like airlocks and all the speakers were housed in swoopy blobby cabinets that looked like they were in the middle of a flashback, and there was this other very weird studio called ADR round the back of Kings Cross where there was a stream running half-way up the walls, all the seating was made out of the boots of cars, Minis converted into couches, and you got upstairs to the recording suites through a door opening out of a large tree in the corner of the reception.

They hung Playboy Playmates on the wall, set up his hi-fi, with the tweed speaker covers, and his aquarium with the grow light and the bubbler, which imparted a chill, dank smell to the basement air.

Previous to the time of Socrates, orators in addressing popular assemblies, lawyers in pleading cases, and all public speakers, appear to have made use of the cithara as a sort of accompaniment, if for no other purpose than to assure themselves of securing a proper pitch of the voice.

Patrons occupied all the booths and most of the tables, the combo was setting up in a corner, and several couples on the minuscule dance floor were shaking their assets to a blaring rock tune from hidden speakers that had Magnus gritting his teeth.

This was changed in 1890, by a ruling made by Speaker Reed, and later embodied in Rule XV of the House, that members present in the chamber but not voting would be counted in determining the presence of a quorum.

Gendibal gambled on complete certainty, driving in with a didacticism that would not allow the First Speaker to recover.

The control officer told Gervase to get the speaker to full volume, and went out on to the balcony with Dobbie, propping the light trap doors open behind them.

We are now asking you to take his place at the Council of the Elderhood, meeting in Cluster One, to be speakers for your species.