caller
/ˈkɔːlə/ noun
Forms callers
- noun (telephony) The person who makes a telephone call. “―I’ve got someone on the line. ―Who’s the caller?”
- noun A visitor. “a gentleman caller”
- noun (bingo) The person who stands at the front of the hall and announces the numbers.
- noun (programming) A function that calls another (the callee). “If the called function throws an exception, the caller should be prepared to handle the error.”
- noun A whistle or similar item used to call foxes.
- noun (dance) The person who directs dancers in certain dances, such as American line dances and square dances.
Synonyms
Etymology
From Middle English callar, equivalent to call + -er.
Webster’s 1913
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “caller”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details