caller

Pronunciation: /ˈkɔ.lɚ/

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a social or business visitor
  2. noun an investor who buys a call option
  3. noun the bettor in a card game who matches the bet and calls for a show of hands

Etymology

From Middle English callar, equivalent to call + -er.

In classic literature

Synonyms

company

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
visitor

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