Meaning

6 senses
  1. The person who makes a telephone call.

    ―I’ve got someone on the line. ―Who’s the caller?

    Anrufer

    звонящийzvonjaščij

    the person initiating a telephone call

  2. A visitor.

    a gentleman caller

    a social or business visitor

  3. The person who stands at the front of the hall and announces the numbers.

    a person who announces the changes of steps during a dance

  4. A function that calls another (the callee).

    If the called function throws an exception, the caller should be prepared to handle the error.

  5. A whistle or similar item used to call foxes.

  6. The person who directs dancers in certain dances, such as American line dances and square dances.

    the person who convenes a meeting

Examples

21 sentences
  1. The caller hung up without saying anything.

  2. The caller refused to give us his name.

    ruЗвонивший отказался назвать нам своё имя. — corvard

    deDer Anrufer weigerte sich, uns seinen Namen anzugeben. — Sudajaengi

  3. The caller hung up.

  4. The caller didn't identify herself.

  5. Tom always checks the caller ID before he answers the phone.

    deEhe Tom ans Telefon geht, sieht er immer nach, von welcher Nummer aus angerufen wird. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
the person who makes a telephone call:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
the person who makes a telephone call:

Origin

From Middle English callar, equivalent to call + -er.

From Middle English callar, equivalent to call + -er.

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Forms

plural: callers
Singularcaller
Pluralcallers

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

11 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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