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
Only time will tell, but a new update has been shared about the young signal caller. Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025 Despite being the play-caller of one of the best teams in the league, Goff has — fairly or unfairly — often lagged behind more mobile, explosive quarterbacks in MVP odds. Hannah Vanbiber, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025 The caller said that the other coworker pushed them with his hands and then a vacuum. Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 30 Sep. 2025 And on Sunday, Nick Bolton, the proverbial green-dot defensive play-caller for five years, verbalized a call that he’s never used before. Kansas City Star, 29 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 8 Oct. 2025.

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