Caller
['kɔːlə] or ['kɔlɚ]
Definition
(noun.) a social or business visitor; 'the room was a mess because he hadn't expected company'.
(noun.) the person initiating a telephone call; 'there were so many callers that he finally disconnected the telephone'.
(noun.) the person who convenes a meeting; 'who is the caller of this meeting?'.
(noun.) someone who proclaims or summons in a loud voice; 'the callers were mothers summoning their children home for dinner'.
(noun.) a person who announces the changes of steps during a dance; 'you need a fiddler and a caller for country dancing'.
(noun.) the bettor in a card game who matches the bet and calls for a show of hands.
(noun.) an investor who buys a call option.
(adj.) fresh; 'caller fish' .
(adj.) providing coolness; 'a cooling breeze'; '`caller' is a Scottish term as in `a caller breeze'' .
Checked by Joseph--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) One who calls.
(a.) Cool; refreshing; fresh; as, a caller day; the caller air.
(a.) Fresh; in good condition; as, caller berrings.
Edited by Guthrie
Definition
adj. fresh: (Scot.) cool.
Edited by Candice
Examples
- Then the caller, no matter how important or what his mission, is likely to realize his utter insignificance and be sent away without accomplishing his object. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- There are callers, she said, and I shall be summoned to the room. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Reference has already been made to the callers upon Edison; and to give simply the names of persons of distinction would fill many pages of this record. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The next day several callers came. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- It might be injudicious to gauge the greatness of a man by the number of his callers or his letters; but they are at least an indication of the degree to which he interests the world. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Adele and I had now to vacate the library: it would be in daily requisition as a reception-room for callers. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- If your time is limited, or your work interrupted by callers or other duties, lay them aside after having ironed them perfectly dry. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- His bellow was already silenced, and he was lifting up his huge, blunt, stupid head to the new callers to be patted. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Half a dozen comfortable market-men, who were habitual callers at the Quiet Woman as they passed by in their carts, were partial to the topic. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- I'll take the opportunity, if you please, of entering your name in our Callers' Book for the day. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- She wished me to look after the house, to see callers, and answer notes of condolence. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
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