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Telegrapher

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Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A telegraph operator, one who sent telegrams.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. One who sends telegraphic messages; a telegraphic operator; a telegraphist.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. One who is skilled in telegraphy; one whose occupation is the sending of telegraphic messages, especially by the electric telegraph; a telegraph-operator.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. someone who transmits messages by telegraph

Word Usage

"Some of these have passed into the slang of the day, ` ` 73 '' being well known as a telegrapher's expression of compliments or good wishes, while ` ` 23 '' is an accident or death message, and has been given broader popular significance as a general synonym for ` ` hoodoo. ''"

Hypernym

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manipulator operator

Cross Reference

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Synonym

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telegraphist

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