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Telegraphist

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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.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.Telegraphisttelegraphist - someone who transmits messages by telegraph
telegraph operator, telegrapher
manipulator, operator - an agent that operates some apparatus or machine; "the operator of the switchboard"


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He had taken the wife to his raw new palace in San Diego, where she and her people occupied a wing of great price, and Cheyne, in a verandah-room, between a secretary and a typewriter, who was also a telegraphist, toiled along wearily from day to day.
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It was only far on in the night that the weary telegraphist got an answer to his calls, but then the messages came clear and strong.
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