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PHONER

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The person initiating a telephone call

Example:

there were so many callers that he finally disconnected the telephone

Synonyms:

caller; caller-up; phoner; telephoner

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("phoner" is a kind of...):

speaker; talker; utterer; verbaliser; verbalizer (someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous))

Derivation:

phone (get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone)

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