A caller is a person who is making a telephone call.
An anonymous caller told police what had happened.
2. countable noun
A caller is a person who comes to see you for a short visit.
She ushered her callers into a cluttered living-room.
caller in British English1
(ˈkɔːlə)
noun
1.
a person or thing that calls, esp a person who makes a brief visit
2. Australian
a racing commentator
caller in British English2
(ˈkælə; Scottish ˈkælər, ˈkɒlər)
adjective Scottish
1.
(of food, esp fish) fresh
2.
cool
a caller breeze
Word origin
C14: perhaps a Scottish variant of calver to prepare fresh salmon or trout in a certain way; perhaps from Old English calwer curds, from a fancied resemblance with the flaked flesh of the fish
caller in American English1
(ˈkɔlər)
noun
1.
a person or thing that calls
2.
a person who makes a short visit
SIMILAR WORDS: ˈvisitor
caller in American English2
(ˈkælər; ˈkɑlər)
adjective Scottish
1.
fresh
said of food
2.
fresh and cool, as a breeze
Word origin
MScot, var. of ME caloure, calver, fresh (of fish) < ?
Examples of 'caller' in a sentence
caller
We selected one of the callers at random by the throw of a die.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
You can probably see many where the caller sees none.
Christianity Today (2000)
The team also organised anonymous callers to request information from the agency.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The caller asked the royal to contact him and left a number.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Yet these cold callers do succeed in leaving me slightly thrown.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The caller reported seeing a male on a mobile phone close to the murder scene.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
But it comes round to slap him in the face when an anonymous caller reports the body.
The Sun (2013)
The caller asked me to phone my bank.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The caller wanted to sell me a phone system which blocks cold callers.
The Sun (2015)
If you receive an unwanted call tell the caller to stop and remove your number from its database.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
On no account must any caller be allowed to see our guest or any trace of his presence.
Yesterday a recorded telephone message told callers that administrators had been appointed but that exam results would be released as normal.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
He organised quiz nights and acted as bingo caller - the passengers adored him.
The Sun (2008)
Members pay an annual fee of 3 for the sticker and to report callers to a phone helpline.
The Sun (2006)
I went through a phase of looking a bit like a bingo caller.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Although 0800 numbers are free for landline callers, they are not normally free for callers from mobile phones.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
In other languages
caller
British English: caller NOUN
A caller is a person who is making a telephone call.
An anonymous caller told police what had happened.
American English: caller
Brazilian Portuguese: chamador
Chinese: 打电话者
European Spanish: persona que llama
French: personne qui appelleN
German: Anrufer
Italian: persona che telefona
Japanese: 電話をかける人
Korean: 전화 거는 사람
European Portuguese: autor da chamada
Latin American Spanish: persona que llama
All related terms of 'caller'
caller ID
a telephone service that allows a subscriber to identify a caller before answering by displaying the caller's telephone number on a small screen
bingo caller
the person who shouts out the numbers to bingo players
caller display
a facility which shows the number of an incoming call
nuisance caller
someone who makes an unsolicited telephone call such as a prank call or a call for telemarketing purposes
cold call
If someone makes a cold call , they telephone or visit someone they have never contacted , without making an appointment, in order to try and sell something.
name-calling
verbal abuse , esp as a crude form of argument
Chinese translation of 'caller'
caller
(ˈkɔːləʳ)
n(c)
(= visitor) 来(來)访(訪)者 (láifǎngzhě) (位, wèi)
(Tel) 打电(電)话(話)者 (dàdiànhuàzhě)
hold the line, caller!请(請)别(別)挂(掛)线(線)！ (qǐng bié guàxiàn!)