farspeaker
Noun

farspeaker (plural farspeakers)

  1. One who farspeaks.
  2. (scifi) A device or apparatus used to farspeak or communicate over long distances; telephone.
    You talk on the farspeaker and it just isn't the same as talking with them person to person!
    • 1948, New Statesman: the week-end review:
      Ecgbert picked up the farspeaker eagerly. "Frideswide darling! I have been wating to hear from you all the morning. [...]"
    • 2009, Nick Gevers, Jay Lake, Other Earths:
      “Sir, we found him in the farspeaker room,” said one of the guards. “He was tampering with the equipment."



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