caller

¹

[ kaw-ler ]

noun

1. a person or thing that calls.
2. a person who makes a short visit.
3. Dance. a person who directs the movements of dancers, as at a hoedown or square dance, by calling out the successive figures as the music plays.

caller

²

[ kal-er, kah-ler ]

adjective

, Scot. and North England.

1. (of fruit, fish, vegetables, etc.) fresh; recently picked or caught.
2. refreshing.

caller

¹

/ ˈkɔːlə /

noun

1. a person or thing that calls, esp a person who makes a brief visit
2. a racing commentator

caller

²

/ ˈkɒlər; ˈkælə; ˈkælər /

adjective

1. (of food, esp fish) fresh
2. cool

   a caller breeze

Word History and Origins

Origin of caller¹

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English. See call, -er ¹

Origin of caller²

1325–75; Middle English, north. variant of calver fresh, alive (said of fish) < ?

Word History and Origins

Origin of caller¹

C14: perhaps a Scottish variant of calver to prepare fresh salmon or trout in a certain way; perhaps from Old English calwer curds, from a fancied resemblance with the flaked flesh of the fish

Synonym Study

See visitor.

Example Sentences

And if the call is being broadcast live—or recorded and then replayed on a broadcast—the caller must be notified.

From Slate

A 911 caller said they believed that somebody was shot and asked for help, Los Angeles Fire Department officials said.

From Los Angeles Times

“Many Latinos are going to Trompito Land, fool,” he told a caller during the podcast taping I attended, using a diminutive — Little Trump — uttered by the former president’s Latino haters that Tejada has reappropriated as a loving moniker.

From Los Angeles Times

Cardi B vows to take legal and physical action against the prank caller who called child protective services to her home.

From Los Angeles Times

She added that she will sue both CPS and the anonymous caller.

From Los Angeles Times

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