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SIGNALER
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Irregular inflected form: signaler
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who communicates by signals
Synonyms:
signaler; signaller
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("signaler" is a kind of...):
communicator (a person who communicates with others)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "signaler"):
signalman (a railroad employee in charge of signals and point in a railroad yard)
bell ringer; ringer; toller (a person who rings church bells (as for summoning the congregation))
whistler (someone who makes a loud high sound)
Derivation:
signal (communicate silently and non-verbally by signals or signs)