caller

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adjective

cal·​ler ˈkä-lər How to pronounce caller (audio)
1
Scotland : fresh
2
Scotland : cool

caller

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noun

call·​er ˈkȯ-lər How to pronounce caller (audio)
: one that calls

Examples of caller in a Sentence

Noun The police have received information from an anonymous caller. She's had several callers at her house in the past few days.
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Noun
Your headset, as a play caller, everyone has a call for you. Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 16 Sep. 2025 When his phone buzzed with an unknown caller late Friday afternoon, 30-year-old Ali Nasrati didn’t think much of it. Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2025 The caller reported items strewn about the house but didn’t know what was actually taken. Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2025 When receiving a call from an unknown number, iPhones will now auto-answer and ask the caller for their name and reason for calling. Theo Burman, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for caller

Word History

Etymology

Adjective

Middle English (Scots) callour

First Known Use

Adjective

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Noun

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of caller was in the 14th century

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“Caller.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/caller. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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