guest speaker

noun

: a person invited to a gathering to give a speech
He was the guest speaker at the awards ceremony.

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Musk addressed supporters during a Sunday evening inauguration eve rally as the new president's only guest speaker. Will Carless, USA TODAY, 20 Jan. 2025 Nature reframes our human-ness as one of many options, and our dearest truths as subjective The trip’s guest speaker was Robert Sibley, author of The Sibley Guide to Birds. Blair Braverman, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Dec. 2024 Hewitt was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1971 — with President Richard Nixon as the guest speaker. 2022: Chicago Public Schools students staged a walkout over the return to in-person learning amid lackluster COVID precautions. Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 14 Jan. 2025 This year’s guest speaker was Lt. Colonel Robert Familetti, US Army Retired. Kevin Dayhoff, Baltimore Sun, 16 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for guest speaker 

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“Guest speaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/guest%20speaker. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.

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