telegraphist
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtɛləɡɹɑːfɪst/, /təˈlɛɡɹɑːfɪst/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈtɛləɡɹæfɪst/, /təˈlɛɡɹæfɪst/
Noun
telegraphist (plural telegraphists)
- A telegrapher or telegraph operator.
- 1950 January, David L. Smith, “A Runaway at Beattock”, in Railway Magazine, page 54:
- But the next stations, Wamphray, and Dinwoodie, were small places, very probably with no night telegraphists.
Further reading
- “telegraphist”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- telegrapher, telegraphist, telegraph operator at Google Ngram Viewer
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