Hailer
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A person who or a device which calls, summons loudly, or hails.
""Hullo, Downe—is that you?" said the driver of the vehicle, a young man of pale and refined appearance. "Jump up here with me, and ride down to your door." The other turned a plump, cheery, rather self-indulgent face over his shoulder towards the hailer. "O, good evening, Mr. Barnet—thanks," he said."
Example
More examples""Hullo, Downe—is that you?" said the driver of the vehicle, a young man of pale and refined appearance. "Jump up here with me, and ride down to your door." The other turned a plump, cheery, rather self-indulgent face over his shoulder towards the hailer. "O, good evening, Mr. Barnet—thanks," he said."
Etymology
From hail + -er.
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