caller

English

Etymology

Agent noun of call.

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈkɔːlə/, X-SAMPA: /"kO:l@/
• (GenAm) IPA: /ˈkɔlɚ/, X-SAMPA: /"kO:l@`/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA: /ˈkɑlɚ/
• Rhymes: -ɔːlə(r)

Noun

caller (plural callers)

1. The person who made a telephone call.

   - I've got someone on the line.

   - Who's the caller?

2. A visitor.

   a gentleman caller

3. (bingo) The person who stands at the front of the hall and announces the numbers.
4. (computing, programming) The function that calls another (the callee).
5. A whistle or similar item used to call foxes.

Translations

the person who made a telephone call

• Czech: volající (cs)
• Dutch: beller (nl)

• Hungarian: hívó (hu)

Anagrams

• cellar
• recall

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Scots

Etymology

Alteration of calver.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈkɑlər/

Adjective

caller (comparative mair caller, superlative maist caller)

1. Fresh (of food, especially fish).

   Wha'll buy my caller herrin’, / New drawn frae the Forth? (Caroline Oliphaunt, ‘Caller Herrin'’)