public-address system


public–address system

noun

Definition of PUBLIC-ADDRESS SYSTEM

: an apparatus including a microphone and loudspeakers used for broadcasting (as to an audience in an auditorium)

First Known Use of PUBLIC-ADDRESS SYSTEM

1923

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