cal|ler

cal|ler
call|er1 «K luhr», noun.
1. a person who makes a short visit: »

The doctor said that the patient was now able to receive callers.

2. a person who calls the steps in a square dance or the like: »

Elisha Keeler…is one of the nation's best-known square dance callers (New Yorker).

3. a person who calls.
4. a person who sounds calls: »

a bird caller.

5. a person who calls for a show of the hands in a poker game: »

[He] drags down the pot with no callers and shows his hand (Atlantic).

╂[< call + -er1]
cal|ler2 «KAL uhr, KAH luhr», adjective. Scottish.
1. (of foods) fresh: »

Wha'll buy my caller herring?

2. (of weather, etc.) pleasantly fresh; refreshing.
╂[apparently a variant of obsolete calver]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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