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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
caller
noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
caller display
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
anonymous
▪ It was important to me not to be silenced by the fear the anonymous caller invoked.
▪ Now she was trying to scare Liz away for whatever warped reason an anonymous caller might have.
■ VERB
give
▪ Always give the caller ample time to explain the reason for the call.
▪ Always give the caller your undivided attention.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Did the caller leave a number?
▪ Didn't the caller say who she was?
▪ Hold on please, I have an overseas call for you. Go ahead, caller.
▪ I don't seem to have many callers these days.
▪ When answering the door, always check the identity of callers.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ I hope the caller was impressed.
▪ Sheffield said the callers would sometimes describe to him what he did that day.
▪ Some callers immediately show their true colors.
▪ The caller claimed three incendiary devices had been planted at the Vineyards.
▪ The caller complained about racial slurs made by co-workers at the company.
▪ The caller was still on the line, Rain had to give him her attention.
▪ When that happens, dialing the wrong area code could connect callers with the wrong home or business.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Caller

Caller \Call"er\, n. One who calls. [1913 Webster] ||

Caller

Caller \Cal"ler\, a. [Scot.]

  1. Cool; refreshing; fresh; as, a caller day; the caller air.
    --Jamieson.

  2. Fresh; in good condition; as, caller berrings.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
caller

c.1500, "one who proclaims," agent noun from call (v.). Meaning "one who announces step changes at a dance" is recorded from 1882; "one who places a telephone call," 1898. Meaning "a social visitor" is attested from 1786.

Wiktionary
caller

n. 1 The person who made a telephone call. 2 A visitor. 3 (context bingo English) The person who stands at the front of the hall and announces the numbers. 4 (context computing programming English) The function that calls another (the callee). 5 A whistle or similar item used to call foxes.

WordNet
caller
  1. n. a social or business visitor; "the room was a mess because he hadn't expected company" [syn: company]

  2. an investor who buys a call option

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

  4. a person who announces the changes of steps during a dance; "you need a fiddler and a caller for country dancing" [syn: caller-out]

  5. someone who proclaims or summons in a loud voice; "the callers were mothers summoning their children home for dinner"

  6. the person who convenes a meeting; "who is the caller of this meeting?"

  7. the person initiating a telephone call; "there were so many callers that he finally disconnected the telephone" [syn: caller-up, phoner, telephoner]

caller
  1. adj. providing coolness; "a cooling breeze"; "`caller' is a Scottish term as in `a caller breeze'"

  2. fresh; "caller fish"

Wikipedia
Caller

Caller may refer to:

  • Caller (telecommunications), a party that originates a call
  • Caller (dancing), a person that calls dance figures in round dances and square dances
  • Caller, the Catalan equivalent of Cagliari
  • A software program or procedure that invokes a subroutine
Caller (dancing)

A caller is a person who prompts dance figures in such dances as line dance, square dance, and contra dance. The caller might be one of the participating dancers, though in modern country dance this is rare.

In round dance a person who performs this function is called a cuer. Their role is fundamentally the same as a caller, in that they tell dancers what to do in a given dance, though they differ on several smaller points. In northern New England contra dancing, the caller is also known as the prompter.

Usage examples of "caller".

Once together, we stood almost back to back against the great boulder, and thus the creatures were prevented from soaring above us to deliver their deadly blows, and as we were easily their match while they remained upon the ground, we were making great headway in dispatching what remained of them when our attention was again attracted by the shrill wail of the caller above our heads.

The victim complies because of her prior agreement to abide by company policies and her assumption that the caller is merely verifying her compliance.

Cordula, but the caller turned out to be an old schoolmate, and Cordula feigned limpid delight, while making big eyes at Van over the receiver, and invented a number of unconvincing engagements.

The only thing that would stop the cutover then would be a caller to a suicide hot line.

A HALF hour later, Julius Herzog was peering foxily through horn-rimmed glasses at his two callers.

A born-and-bred Minnesotan, he considered it rude to ask for more information than the caller was willing to give.

On May 24 alone,counterterrorism officials grappled with reports alleging plots in Yemen and Italy, as well as a report about a cell in Canada that an anonymous caller had claimed might be planning an attack against the United States.

The caller was Andy Scharf, chief news editor of the TV chain he worked for, and his voice was full of excitement Barney could not share.

Anderson, the Starlite president, demanded to know if the caller had been Police Inspector Cramer, and, told that it was, got critical.

To get around it, many telemarketing firms used rotating 800 exchanges, which is what Honey found when she pressed the caller ID button.

One being made for the convenience of the President of the United States at public receptions was provided with forty-two buttons for the different States, and others for the principal cities of the Union, so that a caller, by proper manipulation, might, while shaking a handle, be addressed in regard to his home interests with an exactness of information as remarkable as that of the traveling statesmen who rise from the gazetteer to astonish the inhabitants of Wayback Crossing with the precise figures of their town valuation and birth rate, while the engine is taking in water.

We could spend weeks thrashing the forest for missing callers and never find one.

Leaving the city raised our chances seventy per cent, if the callers worked and Tien committed less than two thousand people to Paran.

Since the funeral and the various memorial services for the chief justice, Ednah Healey had refused to leave her chamber and had turned away all callers outside her immediate family.

Wide Oaks, the estate of the Healey family for three generations, Nell Ranney led two callers through the long entrance hall.