[syn: caller, caller-up, phoner, telephoner]
ADJECTIVE (2)
1. providing coolness;
- Example: "a cooling breeze"
- Example: "`caller' is a Scottish term as in `a caller breeze'"
2. fresh;
- Example: "caller fish"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Caller \Call"er\, n.
One who calls.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Caller \Cal"ler\, a. [Scot.]
1. Cool; refreshing; fresh; as, a caller day; the caller air.
--Jamieson.
[1913 Webster]
2. Fresh; in good condition; as, caller berrings.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
caller
adj 1: providing coolness; "a cooling breeze"; "`caller' is a
Scottish term as in `a caller breeze'"
2: fresh; "caller fish"
n 1: a social or business visitor; "the room was a mess because
he hadn't expected company" [syn: caller, company]
2: an investor who buys a call option
3: the bettor in a card game who matches the bet and calls for a
show of hands
4: a person who announces the changes of steps during a dance;
"you need a fiddler and a caller for country dancing" [syn:
caller, caller-out]
5: someone who proclaims or summons in a loud voice; "the
callers were mothers summoning their children home for
dinner"
6: the person who convenes a meeting; "who is the caller of this
meeting?"
7: the person initiating a telephone call; "there were so many
callers that he finally disconnected the telephone" [syn:
caller, caller-up, phoner, telephoner]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
21 Moby Thesaurus words for "caller":
bellboy, bellhop, bellman, callboy, calling party, company,
copyboy, errand boy, freeloader, frequenter, gate-crasher, guest,
habitue, moocher, office boy, party, phoner, telephoner,
uninvited guest, visitant, visitor