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n. One skilled in telegraphy; a telegrapher.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A telegrapher.
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n. someone who transmits messages by telegraph
Word Usage
"He was seven years older than me, a definite and determined leader in the Communist Party back home, and employed here on its behalf in the House of the Comintern, as a kind of telegraphist whose job it was to send the party line home."