ALL meanings of hailer
hail
H h - verb with object hailer to cheer, salute, or greet; welcome. 1
- verb with object hailer to acclaim; approve enthusiastically: The crowds hailed the conquerors. They hailed the recent advances in medicine. 1
- verb with object hailer to call out to in order to stop, attract attention, ask aid, etc.: to hail a cab. 1
- verb without object hailer to call out in order to greet, attract attention, etc.: The people on land hailed as we passed in the night. 1
- noun hailer a shout or call to attract attention: They answered the hail of the marooned boaters. 1
- noun hailer a salutation or greeting: a cheerful hail. 1
- noun hailer the act of hailing. 1
- idioms hailer within hail, within range of hearing; audible: The mother kept her children within hail of her voice. 1
- noun hailer A person who or a device which calls, summons loudly, or hails. 1