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Noun: caller  ko-lu(r)
  1. A social or business visitor
    - 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";
    - 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";
    - caller-up, phoner, telephoner
Adjective: caller  ko-lu(r)
  1. Providing coolness
    "'caller' is a Scottish term as in 'a caller breeze'"
     
  2. Fresh
    "caller fish"

Derived forms: callers

See also: cool, fresh

Type of: announcer, better, bettor, investor, leader, punter, speaker, talker, utterer, verbaliser [Brit], verbalizer, visitant, visitor, wagerer

Encyclopedia: Caller