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Definition of Telegraphist
1. Noun. Someone who transmits messages by telegraph.
Generic synonyms: Manipulator, Operator
Derivative terms: Telegraph, Telegraph, Telegraphy, Telegraphy, Telegraph, Telegraphy, Telegraphy
Definition of Telegraphist
1. n. One skilled in telegraphy; a telegrapher.
Definition of Telegraphist
1. Noun. A telegrapher. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Telegraphist
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Telegraphist
1. One skilled in telegraphy; a telegrapher. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Telegraphist
Literary usage of Telegraphist
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Parliamentary Debates by Great Britain Parliament (1908)
"Copy presented,—of Treasury Minute, dated 2nd October, 1908, granting a Retired
Allowance to Mr. WD Ballan- tyne, Sorting Clerk and telegraphist, ..."
2. The Parliamentary Debates by Great Britain Parliament (1906)
"... RL Frost, 1st class clerk, Money Order Office; and WB Crane, overseer and
junior telegraphist, Centra! Telegraph Office, Post Office (23rd November, ..."
3. The Museum of Science and Art by Dionysius Lardner (1854)
"225 Each telegraphist known by his manner of transmitting.—226. Easier to transmit
than to receive.— 227. Pauses in transmission.— 228. ..."
4. Unexplored Balūchistan: A Survey, with Observations Astronomical by Ernest Ayscoghe Floyer (1882)
"A sporting Turkoman telegraphist.—A herd of brood mares.—Toby and the cows.—Mahmud
Bey, our new master of horse.—We cross the frontier into Turkey. ..."
5. The Baganda at Home: With One Hundred Pictures of Life and Work in Uganda by Charles W. Hattersley (1908)
"... to Cairo Railway — The Transcontinental Telegraph—The Lion and the telegraphist
THAT the journey to Uganda now presents but little difficulty is evinced ..."
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