TELEPHONIST

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who helps callers get the person they are calling

Synonyms:

switchboard operator; telephone operator; telephonist

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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

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

Derivation:

telephony (transmitting speech at a distance)

Credits