Dictionary Definition
caller adj
1 providing coolness; "a cooling breeze";
"`caller' is a Scottish term as in `a caller breeze'"
2 fresh; "caller fish"
Noun
1 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]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology
Agent noun of call.Noun
Scots
Etymology
Alteration of calver.Pronunciation
- /ˈkɑlər/
Adjective
- Fresh (of food,
especially fish).
- Wha'll buy my caller herrin’, / New drawn frae the Forth? (Caroline Oliphaunt, ‘Caller Herrin'’)
Extensive Definition
Caller may refer to one of the following:
- Caller (telecommunications), a party that originates a call
- Caller (dancing), a person that calls dance figures in round dances and square dances
- Caller to Islam, the Islamic equivalent of a Christian missionary
- Caller, the catalan equivalent of Cagliari
- The Caller, official print publication for Crime Stoppers International
- A software program or procedure that invokes a subroutine
See also
caller in Spanish: Llamante