signal
noun
anything that serves to indicate, warn, direct, command, or the like, such as a light, a gesture, an act, etc.: a signal to leave.
signaller
-
a word derived from
signal.
Example Sentences
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Giving evidence, Captain Lewis Fox, of 16 Signal Regiment, confirmed that in December 2020 Mr Khalife was awarded the trophy, which was "rare" for a signaller.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2024
She was told a dog had just been found and after making a phone call the signaller broke the good news.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2023
Words you love are dying all over the place, yet this centuries-old signaller of faux-intelligence and an incoming garbage opinion prevails.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 20, 2017
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
He counter-attacked fiercely, and at 5.10 A.M. a signaller roused me with the message.
From Pushed and the Return Push by George Herbert Fosdike Nichols
