Speaker, Tristram Known as "Tris." 1888-1958.
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American baseball player who earned a career batting average of .344 playing with the Boston Red Sox (1907-1915) and the Cleveland Indians (1916-1926). |
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speak·er  (sp ēk ər)
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n.1. a. One who speaks. b. A spokesperson. 2. One who delivers a public speech. 3. often Speaker The presiding officer of a legislative assembly. 4. The person, sometimes the actual writer but often an assumed character, who is imagined as the source of the words or ideas expressed in a poem. 5. A device that converts electric signals to audible sound.
speaker·ship′ n. |
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