Caller

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Caller \Call"er\, n.
     One who calls.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Caller \Cal"ler\, a. [Scot.]
     1. Cool; refreshing; fresh; as, a caller day; the caller air.
        --Jamieson.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Fresh; in good condition; as, caller berrings.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  caller
       adj 1: providing coolness; "a cooling breeze"; "`caller' is a
              Scottish term as in `a caller breeze'"
       2: fresh; "caller fish"
       n 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}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  21 Moby Thesaurus words for "caller":
     bellboy, bellhop, bellman, callboy, calling party, company,
     copyboy, errand boy, freeloader, frequenter, gate-crasher, guest,
     habitue, moocher, office boy, party, phoner, telephoner,
     uninvited guest, visitant, visitor