caller
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
Agent noun of call.
[edit] Pronunciation
- (RP) IPA: /ˈkɔːlə/, SAMPA: /"kO:l@/
- (GenAm) IPA: /ˈkɔlɚ/, SAMPA: /"kO:l@`/
- (cot–caught merger) IPA: /ˈkɑlɚ/
- Rhymes: -ɔːlə(r)
[edit] Noun
caller (plural callers)
- The person who made a telephone call.
- I've got someone on the line
- Who's the caller?
- A visitor.
- (bingo) The person who stands at the front of the hall and announces the numbers.
- (computing, programming) The function that calls another (the callee).
[edit] Anagrams
[edit] Scots
[edit] Etymology
Alteration of calver.
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈkɑlər/
[edit] Adjective
caller (comparative mair caller, superlative maist caller)
- Fresh (of food, especially fish).
- Wha'll buy my caller herrin’, / New drawn frae the Forth? (Caroline Oliphaunt, ‘Caller Herrin'’)
