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 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

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

So the woman nicknamed Pixie became a signaler.

From Seattle Times ● May 30, 2024

Staley also appointed James as the defensive signaler this season, the added responsibilities melding well with his leadership skills.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 30, 2021

The other signaler seemed to be relaying this to the transport beyond, which in turn signaled the destroyer on that side.

From Tom Slade on a Transport by Thomas Clarity

There are banners and placards to block the signals and fake signalers to throw off any spies.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 26, 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

Early fire signalers might have been drawn to some of the same hilltops that people of the Bronze Age had sought out for their religious sites and settlements.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 2, 2022

He communicates by radio with supervisors and signalers below.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 19, 2016

They had been hard at work at signal practice, semaphoring, and acquiring speed in Morse signaling with flags, which makes wireless unnecessary when there are enough signalers, covering enough ground.

From The Boy Scout Fire Fighters or Jack Danby's Bravest Deed by Robert Maitland