Addressers

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. A group of individuals who speak or write to communicate messages to an audience
2. Those who direct remarks, letters, or statements to specific recipients
3. People who engage in the act of delivering speeches or written content to others

Etymology: "Address" began as a verb meaning to make something straight. It comes from Old French "adrecier," which descends from a Vulgar Latin form built on "directus," meaning "straight," with the prefix "ad-" meaning "toward." The sense of aiming speech or writing at someone grew from that idea of pointing something in a direction. Adding the agent suffix "-er" gives a person who addresses, and "addressers" is simply its plural. In linguistics, the term took on a specialised role. Roman Jakobson's model of communication names the addresser as the one who sends a message, set against the addressee who receives it. That is the sense the definition reflects, with the group meaning extending the idea to several senders at once.

Synonyms: speakers, communicators, presenters, orators, correspondents