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Telegrapher

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tel·e·graph  (tl-grf)
n.
1. A communications system that transmits and receives simple unmodulated electric impulses, especially one in which the transmission and reception stations are directly connected by wires.
2. A message transmitted by telegraph; a telegram.
v. tel·e·graphed, tel·e·graph·ing, tel·e·graphs
v.tr.
1. To transmit (a message) by telegraph.
2. To send or convey a message to (a recipient) by telegraph.
3.
a. To make known (a feeling or an attitude, for example) by nonverbal means: telegraphed her derision with a smirk.
b. To make known (an intended action, for example) in advance or unintentionally: By massing troops on the border, the enemy telegraphed its intended invasion to the target country.
v.intr.
To send or transmit a telegram.
te·legra·pher (t-lgr-fr), te·legra·phist (-fst) n.
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Noun1.Telegraphertelegrapher - someone who transmits messages by telegraph
telegraph operator, telegraphist
manipulator, operator - an agent that operates some apparatus or machine; "the operator of the switchboard"
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When we reached the spot and unearthed the little box the instrument was quiet, nor did repeated attempts upon the part of our telegrapher succeed in winning a response from the other end of the line.
Pellucidar by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
There was the depot, of course; I often went down to see the night train come in, and afterward sat awhile with the disconsolate telegrapher who was always hoping to be transferred to Omaha or Denver, `where there was some life.
My Antonia by Cather, Willa View in context
Not a train ran, not a telegraphic message went over the wires, for the telegraphers and railroad men had ceased work along with the rest of the population.
The Iron Heel by London, Jack View in context
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