Telegraphist
//ˈtɛləɡɹɑːfɪst// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A telegrapher or telegraph operator.
"He had taken the wife to his raw new palace in San Diego, where she and her people occupied a wing of great price, and Cheyne, in a veranda-room, between a secretary and a typewriter, who was also a telegraphist, toiled along wearily from day to day."
- 2 someone who transmits messages by telegraph wordnet
Example
More examples"He had taken the wife to his raw new palace in San Diego, where she and her people occupied a wing of great price, and Cheyne, in a veranda-room, between a secretary and a typewriter, who was also a telegraphist, toiled along wearily from day to day."
Etymology
From telegraph + -ist.
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