Telegraphist (redirected from telegraphists)

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.

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te·legra·pher (t-lgr-fr), te·legra·phist (-fst) n.

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telegraphist - someone who transmits messages by telegraph telegraph operator, telegrapher manipulator, operator - an agent that operates some apparatus or machine; "the operator of the switchboard"