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callers

[kaw-ler] Origin

call·er

1[kaw-ler]
noun
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.

Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English. See call, -er1


2. See visitor.

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Word Origin & History

caller
c.1500, "one who proclaims," from call. Meaning "one who announces step changes at a dance" is recorded from 1882; "one who places a telephone call," 1898. Meaning "a social visitor" is attested from 1786.
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