caller
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3.2
- noun
- /ˈkɔːlər/
:
visitante
- Oh, my God, Quinn and her gentleman caller are back at it again.
Examples
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Does she attend to her correspondence and receive callers in the drawing room?
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I cannot have a gentleman caller coming into a pigsty.
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And who is your gentleman caller?
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So maybe your nice gentleman caller takes you to Lovers Lane so that you guys can park the car and spend some quality time together.
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Some gentleman caller leaving you flowers on the doorstep.
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I think I'm old enough to receive gentlemen callers.
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Jamie's not accepting any male callers at this time.
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Whay, Gussie, you didn't tell me I had a gentleman caller.
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And I'm sorry, but Mr. Hillyer doesn't want her to have callers during working hours.
Fiction book (1991) -
In Turkey, it's customary to welcome the casual caller with hospitality at all times.
Synonyms
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1.0
A person who goes to a place for a short time to see someone or something
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3.5
A person who arrives without an appointment to get a service
Compounds
20
3.0
A service or device that shows the phone number and sometimes the name of an incoming call
- Jargon
2
7.4
A player who leads the team's offense by calling plays, usually the quarterback
How Planned
Surface Forms
Morphology
caller = call (opaque) = call + er
Although it comes from the verb sense 'pay a brief visit', that sense is not the one most learners associate with 'call'.
Etymology
Caller comes from the verb call, which long ago could mean 'to visit', so a caller is someone who comes to see you, often without a long plan.