signaler

American  

[sig-nuhl-er] / ˈsɪg nəl ər /

especially British, signaller

noun

• signalers
  plural

1. a person whose job is to send or use signals, such as a military serviceperson or a railroad employee.

2. any person who conveys something by means of a signal or signals.

3. a device or part that sends a signal.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• signalers
  plural

Example Sentences

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signaler signalers

A vice signaler typically violates moral or other standards of an out-group precisely in order to look good to the fellow members of some in-group.

From Salon ● Jan. 29, 2026

A virtue signaler is trying to look good and a vice signaler is trying to look bad—but not to everyone.

From Salon ● Jan. 29, 2026

So the woman nicknamed Pixie became a signaler.

From Seattle Times ● May 30, 2024

The intruder would then reciprocate or retreat if it was much smaller than the signaler.

From New York Times ● Oct. 14, 2022

Therefore, the ingenuity of the signaler was called upon to invent names for certain of the letters most commonly confused.

From The Emma Gees by Herbert Wes McBride

Many teams use hand signals and will have multiple signalers on the sideline to try to confuse opponents.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 22, 2023

“The overall operation — from Coach Parker to the signalers, to Sam, getting in the right protections, getting the right checks, executing — that’s the whole operation, and it was really good,” Freeman said.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 27, 2023

About 40,000 cleaners, signalers, maintenance workers and station staff were holding a 24-hour strike, with two more planned for Thursday and Saturday.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 21, 2022

In this tempest in a spit bucket, the Drys come across as virtue signalers, while the Wets are unnecessarily defensive.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 13, 2022

To-day he’s one of the best signalers in the British army.

From Under Boy Scout Colors by Joseph Bushnell Ames