caller

[ kaw-ler ]

/ ˈkɔ lər /

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noun

a person or thing that calls.

a person who makes a short visit.

Dance. a person who directs the movements of dancers, as at a hoedown or square dance, by calling out the successive figures as the music plays.

Words nearby caller

callas, callathump, callback, callboy, called strike, caller, caller id, calles, calli-, callicrates, calligraph

Origin of caller

1400–50; late Middle English. See call, -er¹

SYNONYMS FOR caller

2 See visitor.

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Definition for caller (2 of 2)

caller²

[ kal-er, kah-ler ]

/ ˈkæl ər, ˈkɑ lər /

adjective Scot. and North England.

(of fruit, fish, vegetables, etc.) fresh; recently picked or caught.

refreshing.

Origin of caller

1325–75; Middle English, north. variant of calver fresh, alive (said of fish) < ?

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Examples from the Web for caller

Should the caller have the temerity to ask where they were, the phone call would be quietly ended.
The Bookstore That Bewitched Mick Jagger, John Lennon, and Greta Garbo|Felice Picano|December 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
So what piece could have so passionately enraged this caller that I was marked for death?
A Female Writer’s New Milestone: Her First Death Threat|Annie Gaus|December 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The caller mentioned my work, which focused primarily on consumer products, mobile apps, emerging start-ups, and web trends.
A Female Writer’s New Milestone: Her First Death Threat|Annie Gaus|December 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A new short, titled “Caller Unknown,” is set to be released later this week and promises to be haunting.
Artist Gives Celebs the ‘Natural’ Look|Justin Jones|July 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST

When Benton signed on with McConnell, he wrote an op-ed in The Daily Caller explaining why.
Can ‘the Traitor’ Jesse Benton Unite the GOP?|Sam Youngman|March 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
If the caller stays thirty minutes, it's two messages,—in other words I'm on a fifteen-minute schedule.
The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VII. (of X.)|Various
Though thus aware that she was about to have a caller, Mary did not at once spring up to go and welcome him.
Angela's Business|Henry Sydnor Harrison
He cut in the circuit, and waited for the phone's TV screen to show the face of his caller.
The Penal Cluster|Ivar Jorgensen (AKA Randall Garrett)
If there is a young daughter in the family with whom the caller is acquainted, a third card must be left.
Book of Etiquette|Lillian Eichler
Indeed, it never occurred to her that the caller might be any other than the post-man.
Find the Woman|Arthur Somers Roche

British Dictionary definitions for caller (1 of 2)

caller¹

/ (ˈkɔːlə) /

noun

a person or thing that calls, esp a person who makes a brief visit

Australian a racing commentator

British Dictionary definitions for caller (2 of 2)

caller²

/ (ˈkælə); (Scottish ˈkælər, ˈkɒlər) /

adjective Scot

(of food, esp fish) fresh

coola caller breeze

Word Origin for caller

C14: perhaps a Scottish variant of calver to prepare fresh salmon or trout in a certain way; perhaps from Old English calwer curds, from a fancied resemblance with the flaked flesh of the fish

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adjective Scot. and North England.

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