1. A social or business visitor
   "We had several callers drop by during the afternoon";
   - company
    
2. The person initiating a telephone call
   "there were so many callers that he finally disconnected the telephone"; "The caller-up waited patiently for someone to answer the phone";
   - caller-up, phoner, telephoner
    
3. The person who convenes a meeting
   "who is the caller of this meeting?"
    
4. Someone who proclaims or summons in a loud voice
   "the callers were mothers summoning their children home for dinner"
    
5. A person who announces the changes of steps during a dance
   "you need a fiddler and a caller for country dancing"; "The square dance caller-out kept the dancers moving in sync";
   - caller-out
    
6. The bettor in a card game who matches the bet and calls for a show of hands
   "The caller raised the stakes, forcing others to fold"
    
7. An investor who buys a call option
   "The caller hoped the stock price would rise before the option expired"

1. Fresh
   "caller fish"
    
2. [UK, dialect] Providing coolness
   "‘caller’ is a Scottish term as in ‘a caller breeze’"

Derived forms: callers

See also: cool, fresh

Type of: announcer, better, bettor, investor, leader, punter [informal], speaker, talker, utterer, verbaliser [Brit], verbalizer, visitant [archaic], visitor, wagerer

Encyclopedia: Caller