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Definition of Telephoner

1. Noun. The person initiating a telephone call. "There were so many callers that he finally disconnected the telephone"

Definition of Telephoner

1. Noun. A person who telephones, especially one who does so for a commercial organization ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Telephoner

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Telephoner

Literary usage of Telephoner

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Electric Telephone by Edwin James Houston, Arthur Edwin Kennelly (1896)
"telephoner No. 3, hearing himself called, lifts his telephone and opens it, that is to say, ... 1, ringing, so that both bells cease to operate. telephoner ..."

2. The Electric Telephone by Edwin James Houston, Arthur Edwin Kennelly (1902)
"Suppose, for example, that the key of telephoner No. ... telephoner No. 3, hearing himself called, lifts his telephone and opens it, that is to say, ..."

3. Descriptions of Occupations by United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States Employment Service (1918)
"Qualifications: Must be an expert telegrapher and telephoner. Must have good eyesight, especially with reference to colors, and understand all the rules of ..."

4. A B C of the Telephone: A Practical and Useful Treatise for Students and by James Edward Homans (1901)
"Having moved the lever, S, to point 8, the telephoner at station 1 has his apparatus ... Immediately after sending out the calling signal, the telephoner at ..."

5. ABC of the Telephone: A Practical and Useful Treatise for Students and by James Edward Homans (1904)
"If now the telephoner at station i on the former diagram wishes to call up station 3, he moves the switch lever of his apparatus to the contact point ..."

6. The Speaking Telephone, Talking Phonograph, and Other Novelties by George Bartlett Prescott (1878)
"was followed by the cessation of the sound from the telephoner and I found that the moment I touched with the toe of my hoot a blade of grass or the petal ..."

7. The Laurentians: The Hills of the Habitant by Thomas Morris Longstreth (1922)
""Ah, oui, mais il vous faut telephoner pour le batteau." That was obvious; more obvious than to know what to do next. Certainly no one of us could ..."

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