English Explanatory Dictionary

shot caller

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Someone in charge, especially the leader of a street gang.
  2. A prison inmate who holds informal authority over other inmates and who masterminds criminal activity.

Word forms

shot caller shot callers shot-caller shotcaller

Etymology

Deverbal from call the shots.

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