caller

Plural: callers

Noun

• One who makes a call, as on the telephone or at a dance.
• a social or business visitor
• an investor who buys a call option
• the bettor in a card game who matches the bet and calls for a show of hands
• a person who announces the changes of steps during a dance
  • "you need a fiddler and a caller for country dancing"
• someone who proclaims or summons in a loud voice
  • "the callers were mothers summoning their children home for dinner"
• the person who convenes a meeting
  • "who is the caller of this meeting?"
• the person initiating a telephone call
  • "there were so many callers that he finally disconnected the telephone"
• The person who makes a telephone call.
• A visitor.
• The person who stands at the front of the hall and announces the numbers.
• A function that calls another (the callee).
• A whistle or similar item used to call foxes.
• The person who directs dancers in certain dances, such as American line dances and square dances.

Adjective Satellite

• providing coolness
  • "`caller' is a Scottish term as in `a caller breeze'"
• fresh
  • "caller fish"

Examples

• a gentleman caller
• If the called function throws an exception, the caller should be prepared to handle the error.
• The expert Scrabble player was known as a master CALLER of bingos, always finding them.
• ―I’ve got someone on the line. ―Who’s the caller?

Synonyms

caller-out, caller-up, company, phoner, telephoner