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Meanings of caller-out in English

A person who announces the changes of steps during a dance.

Usage of caller-out in English
1
The "caller-out," stationed between the two rooms, warmed to his genial task.
Judith of the Plains
2
Toward three o'clock Joe was again dancing with Quinn's Aggy, and as the caller-out chanted:
Peak and Prairie / From a Colorado Sketch-book
3
A new caller-out had taken the floor, and was shouting, "Seventeen to twenty-four, get on the floor and dance!"
Peak and Prairie / From a Colorado Sketch-book