Definition of "keynoter" []

• One who gives a keynote address. (noun)

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• "JEFF GREENFIELD, CNN SENIOR POLITICAL ANALYST: The only way it could matter is that it -- it is -- it's kind of a throwback to the kind of speeches that were routine at conventions decades ago, when you were -- when the keynoter, which is what Zell Miller was, was supposed to come out and basically beat the other party upside the head."
• "Opening keynoter John Paton, JRC's CEO, recounted how he turned a bankrupt newspaper company around by thinking "digital first.""
• "In this overview of the 2009 Association of College and Research Librarians National Conference, keynoter Sherman Alexie discusses a terminology conundrum, Mary K. Van Ullen explains the effect of cultural differences on teaching about plagiarisim, Diane Dallis describes Indiana University's planned research commons, and keynoter Ira Glass demonstrates how This American Life uses music to make stories come to life"