TELEPHONER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does telephoner mean? 

• TELEPHONER (noun)
  The noun TELEPHONER has 1 sense:

1. the person initiating a telephone call

  Familiarity information: TELEPHONER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TELEPHONER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The person initiating a telephone call

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

caller; caller-up; phoner; telephoner

Context example:

there were so many callers that he finally disconnected the telephone

Hypernyms ("telephoner" 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:

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