Meaning & use
Hailer
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A device used to amplify the voice for calling out over long distances, or a person who hails or calls out.
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The dock worker used a hailer to call out to the approaching ship.
Police officers carried hailers to direct the crowd during the parade.
A note on using this word
"Hailer" is chiefly British usage, where "loud-hailer" is the everyday term for what Americans typically call a "bullhorn."
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