Caller

(noun.) a social or business visitor; 'the room was a mess because he hadn't expected company'.

(noun.) the person initiating a telephone call; 'there were so many callers that he finally disconnected the telephone'.

(noun.) the person who convenes a meeting; 'who is the caller of this meeting?'.

(noun.) someone who proclaims or summons in a loud voice; 'the callers were mothers summoning their children home for dinner'.

(noun.) a person who announces the changes of steps during a dance; 'you need a fiddler and a caller for country dancing'.

(noun.) the bettor in a card game who matches the bet and calls for a show of hands.

(noun.) an investor who buys a call option.

(adj.) fresh; 'caller fish' .

(adj.) providing coolness; 'a cooling breeze'; '`caller' is a Scottish term as in `a caller breeze'' .

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• Then the caller, no matter how important or what his mission, is likely to realize his utter insignificance and be sent away without accomplishing his object. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• There are callers, she said, and I shall be summoned to the room. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Reference has already been made to the callers upon Edison; and to give simply the names of persons of distinction would fill many pages of this record. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• The next day several callers came. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• It might be injudicious to gauge the greatness of a man by the number of his callers or his letters; but they are at least an indication of the degree to which he interests the world. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Adele and I had now to vacate the library: it would be in daily requisition as a reception-room for callers. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• If your time is limited, or your work interrupted by callers or other duties, lay them aside after having ironed them perfectly dry. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• His bellow was already silenced, and he was lifting up his huge, blunt, stupid head to the new callers to be patted. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Half a dozen comfortable market-men, who were habitual callers at the Quiet Woman as they passed by in their carts, were partial to the topic. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• I'll take the opportunity, if you please, of entering your name in our Callers' Book for the day. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• She wished me to look after the house, to see callers, and answer notes of condolence. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.

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