Lexic.us

Definition of Caller

1. Adjective. Providing coolness. "`caller' is a Scottish term as in `a caller breeze'"

2. Noun. A social or business visitor. "The room was a mess because he hadn't expected company"

3. Adjective. Fresh. "Caller fish"

4. Noun. An investor who buys a call option.

5. Noun. The bettor in a card game who matches the bet and calls for a show of hands.

6. Noun. A person who announces the changes of steps during a dance. "You need a fiddler and a caller for country dancing"

7. Noun. Someone who proclaims or summons in a loud voice. "The callers were mothers summoning their children home for dinner"

8. Noun. The person who convenes a meeting. "Who is the caller of this meeting?"

9. Noun. The person initiating a telephone call. "There were so many callers that he finally disconnected the telephone"

Definition of Caller

1. n. One who calls.

2. a. Cool; refreshing; fresh; as, a caller day; the caller air.

Definition of Caller

1. Noun. The person who made a telephone call. ¹

2. Noun. A visitor. ¹

3. Noun. (bingo) The person who stands at the front of the hall and announces the numbers. ¹

4. Noun. (computing programming) The function that calls another (the callee). ¹

5. Noun. A whistle or similar item used to call foxes. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Caller

1. one that calls [n -S] - See also: calls

Lexicographical Neighbors of Caller

callboards callboys called called for called in called off called out called to mind called to order called to the bar

called up calledst callee callees caller (current term) caller-out caller-up caller ID callers callest

calleth callets callgirl callgirls callgraph callgraphs calli calli-

Literary usage of Caller

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner (1896)
"Buy my caller herrin', New drawn frae the Forth. Wha'll buy my caller herrin' ? They're no brought here without brave darin'; ..."

2. The Universal Anthology: A Collection of the Best Literature, Ancient by Richard Garnett, Leon Vallée, Alois Brandl (1899)
"Buy my caller herrin', New drawn f rae the Forth. Wha'll buy my caller herrin' ? They're no brought here without brave darin'. Buy my caller herrin', ..."

3. Chambers's Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A History Critical and by David Patrick, Robert Chambers (1902)
"Buy my caller herrin', Hauled through wind and rain, Wha '11 buy my caller herrin' ... caller herrin' 's no got lightly, Ye can trip the spring fu' tightly, ..."

4. Coal Mining Described and Illustrated by Thomas H. Walton (1885)
"The caller is generally furnished with a pit pony, and his first duty is to get ... As the men change their shifts each week, the caller must bear in mind ..."

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