caller
About 1.82 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun 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 The person who stands at the front of the hall and announces the numbers.
- noun 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 The person who directs dancers in certain dances, such as American line dances and square dances.
Similar words
telephoner phoner company fresh cool cooling callout call dialer phone
Often followed by
id to was is and had said who of
Word family
callers
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