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telegraph operator

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Noun1.telegraph operator - someone who transmits messages by telegraphtelegraph operator - someone who transmits messages by telegraph
telegrapher, telegraphist
manipulator, operator - an agent that operates some apparatus or machine; "the operator of the switchboard"
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Five years have passed, and we are in Paris: another young man, this time a telegraph operator named Charles Bourseul, publishes an article on "L''Illustration", narrating of his experiments on transmitting sound and voice through electric current, by a thin vibrating membrane generating electrical waves that may in turn command the vibration of a remote membrane, thus transporting sound from one place to another.
Mistery Runs on the Line by Firmati Team / Business community
Florentino Ariza (played mainly by Oscar-winning Javier Bardem) is a young telegraph operator when he falls in love with Fermina (Giovanna Mezzogiorno) at first sight.
Cinema: Adaptation fails to shine; LOVE IN THE TIME OF CHOLERA (15) ... by Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England)
Its hero is moonstruck telegraph operator Florentino, and in Bardem's hands this character becomes one of the most annoying passive-aggressive types imaginable.
Love in the Time of Cholera by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk
 
 
 
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