caller

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adjective

cal·​ler ˈkä-lər How to pronounce caller (audio)
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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.
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
Many didn’t, and some who did had little time for what the callers were offering. Peter Slevin, The New Yorker, 20 Sep. 2024 In addition to surfacing this critical information, call takers must continue talking to the caller while also communicating the unfolding emergency to their supervisor or dispatcher. Mahesh Saptharishi, Forbes, 16 Sep. 2024 At just after 8 p.m. local time Saturday, East Greenville Police received a report of a physical assault from an 18-year-old 911 caller. Taylor Ardrey, USA TODAY, 16 Sep. 2024 The blaze on Vista Park Court, a subdivision consisting of a cluster of similar small apartment buildings, was reported shortly before 11 p.m., when a caller told dispatchers about what smelled like an electrical fire with smoke coming out of the structure. Jim Riccioli, Journal Sentinel, 13 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for caller 

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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 5 Oct. 2024.

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