upspeaker

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noun

One who speaks up; an advocate.

Scrabble 17
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Meanings

nounupspeaker (plural upspeakers)

plural upspeakers

  1. One who speaks up; an advocate.
  2. One who speaks with upspeak, or the raising of intonation at the end of statements.

    The upspeak rule is applied non-systematically, i.e. upspeakers do not convert all RP falling tones to rising tones, even where the structural conditions for the operation of the rule are fulfilled.

    2003, Beverley Collins, Inger M. Mees, Practical Phonetics and Phonology

Origin

From upspeak + -er.

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APA

upspeaker. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/upspeaker

MLA

“upspeaker.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/upspeaker. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “upspeaker,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/upspeaker.

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