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signaller

  • a variation of signaler.
    signaler
    noun
    a person whose job is to send or use signals, such as a military serviceperson or a railroad employee.
  • a word derived from signal.
    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.

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"The gaps ranged from interrupting the signaller 1,600 milliseconds before they finished their gesture, to taking 8,600 milliseconds to respond," explained Prof Hobaiter.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2024

Her interest in abroad was galvanised by her time as a signaller in the Territorial Army.

From BBC ● Jan. 13, 2016

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

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