signaller
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a variation of
signaler.
signalernouna person whose job is to send or use signals, such as a military serviceperson or a railroad employee.
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a word derived from
signal.
signalnounanything that serves to indicate, warn, direct, command, or the like, such as a light, a gesture, an act, etc.: a signal to leave.
Example Sentences
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After starting his Army career in Omagh, County Tyrone, he moved to England and worked for a time as a Morse code signaller.
From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2024
After the war ended, he re-enlisted in the RAF, working as a signaller.
From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2023
Displays are largely comprised of gestures, which can be broadly defined as distinct bodily movements that do not physically manipulate the receiver toward the goal of the signaller.
From Scientific American ● Jan. 4, 2014
Wright's second world war service was spent as a signaller in the Royal Navy.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 7, 2010
Andy, though not an expert signaller, knew the Morse system fairly well.
From The Nameless Island A Story of some Modern Robinson Crusoes by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman