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Meanings of signaler in English

Someone who communicates by signals.

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Examples for "signaller"
Examples for "signaller"
1
She stood erect, the signaller holding her right arm above the elbow.
In Secret
2
The gunner-signaller had climbed out first, with blood all over him.
A writer at war: vasily grossman with the red army
3
Am sitting in my dug-out scrawling this by the light of a signaller's lamp.
Letters of Lt.-Col. George Brenton Laurie / (commanding 1st Batt...
4
Doubt if we had a signaller on board so quick!
"Over There" with the Australians
5
We hoped that every fighting-man in the country would in time become an expert signaller.
The Lady of the Shroud
Usage of signaler in English
1
At his captain's order a signaler called up a battery by telephone.
Action Front
2
The sergeant came back, re-read the message and discussed it with the signaler.
Action Front
3
The captain called for high explosive, and the signaler shouted on the order.
Action Front
4
The signaler nodded gloomily and listened apprehensively to the growing sounds of battle.
Action Front
5
The signaler mimicked the whistling sound, and clicked his heels together.
Action Front
6
The captain called again, the signaler ground the handle and spoke into the telephone.
Action Front
7
From his lookout corner the captain called down in rapid French to his signaler.
Action Front
8
The pacer was short and fat; the signaler was in some sort of uniform.
Winter’s Tale
9
The Frenchman turned and called to his signaler, and the next moment the guns ceased.
Action Front
10
Well, well, and me thought he was a signaler.
Action Front
11
In addition, he was made a signaler, a position that in those days involved cycling, his passion.
Hero: the life and legend of lawrence of arabia
12
He directs that officer and signaler report at the double to Brigade Headquarters as soon as relieved.
"Over the Top," by an American Soldier Who Went / Together with ...
13
The signaler spoke into his instrument again.
Action Front
14
He was a signaler, and was transferred.
Private Peat
15
The various letters of the alphabet are indicated by the positions in which the signaler holds his arms.
Masters of Space / Morse and the Telegraph; Thompson and the Cab...
16
The signaler revolved the handle again.
Action Front
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Signaler through the time