SIGNALLER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does signaller mean? 

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

1. someone who communicates by signals

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SIGNALLER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who communicates by signals

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

signaler; signaller

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

communicator (a person who communicates with others)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "signaller"):

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)