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TELEGRAPHIST

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Someone who transmits messages by telegraph

Synonyms:

telegraph operator; telegrapher; telegraphist

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("telegraphist" is a kind of...):

manipulator; operator (an agent that operates some apparatus or machine)

Derivation:

telegraph (send cables, wires, or telegrams)

telegraphy (apparatus used to communicate at a distance over a wire (usually in Morse code))

telegraphy (communicating at a distance by electric transmission over wire)

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