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Origin and Etymology of caller
Middle English (Scots) callour
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First Known Use: 14th century
in the meaning defined at sense 1
See Words from the same yearDefinition of caller
: one that calls
Examples of caller in a Sentence
The police have received information from an anonymous caller.
She's had several callers at her house in the past few days.
Recent Examples of caller from the Web
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In Indianapolis, Reich has vowed to take a lead role in coaching the team’s quarterbacks despite being the head coach and offensive play caller.
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With one University of Miami football scrimmage remaining in spring practice, the quarterback race is still going strong, with no particular signal-caller owning the title of 2018 starter – at least not yet.
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The choice likely will come down to which player makes primary play-caller Taggart the most comfortable.
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Adam Gase’s offense the last two years has been lackluster, which falls short of expects for the Miami Dolphins’ head coach, who also serves as the offense’s play-caller.
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Trubisky also gets a creative play-caller in new coach Matt Nagy.
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As officers responded, the caller, Mutchelknaus 's wife, indicated her husband was not breathing.
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Hunting - Guides Nick Stillwell and Fletcher Feldman reported stellar decoying action for snow geese with e-callers.
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The same thing happens to consumers who make the mistake of engaging with callers, or pressing 1 (or whatever) to get taken off the call list.
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First Known Use of caller
15th century
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Definition of caller for English Language Learners
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: a person who makes a telephone call
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: a person who comes to visit someone
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