CALLER


Meaning of CALLER in English

caller 1

/kaw"leuhr/ , n.

1. a person or thing that calls.

2. a person who makes a short visit.

3. Dancing. a person who directs the movements of dancers, as at a hoedown or square dance, by calling out the successive figures as the music plays.

[ 1400-50; late ME. See CALL, -ER 1 ]

Syn. 2. See visitor .

caller 2

/kal"euhr, kah"leuhr/ , adj. Scot. and North Eng.

1. (of fruit, fish, vegetables, etc.) fresh; recently picked or caught.

2. refreshing.

[ 1325-75; ME, north. var. of calver fresh, alive (said of fish) ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .