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telephoner

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A person who telephones, especially one who does so for a commercial organization.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

the person initiating a telephone call

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • there were so many callers that he finally disconnected the telephone

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: caller, caller-up, phoner

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: speaker, talker, utterer, verbalizer, verbaliser

History

Etymology

Etymology tree French télé- Proto-Indo-European *bheh2-der. Proto-Hellenic *phōnā́ Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ)der. French -phone French téléphonebor. English telephone English -er English telephoner From telephone + -er.