caller

UK: /ˈkɔːlə^r/ US: /ˈkɔlɚ/ ,(n. kô′lər; adj. kal′ər, kä′lər)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

call•er /ˈkɔlɚ/   n. [countable]

1. a person who pays a short visit:
   The patient had several callers.
2. a person who calls, as one who makes a telephone call.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

call•er¹  (kô′lər), n. 

1. a person or thing that calls.
2. a person who makes a short visit.
3. Dance 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.

• late Middle English. See call, -er¹ 1400–50

Synonyms

• 2. See visitor. 

cal•ler²  (kal′ər, kä′lər), adj. [Scot. and North Eng.]

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

• ?
• Middle English, north. variant of calver fresh, alive (said of fish) 1325–75

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

caller / ˈkɔːlə/ noun

1. a person or thing that calls, esp a person who makes a brief visit
2. a racing commentator