Definition of Telegraphist

1. Noun. Someone who transmits messages by telegraph.


Definition of Telegraphist

1. n. One skilled in telegraphy; a telegrapher.

Definition of Telegraphist

1. Noun. A telegrapher. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Telegraphist

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Telegraphist

1. One skilled in telegraphy; a telegrapher. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Telegraphist

telegraph post
telegraph posts
telegraph wire
telegraphed
telegrapher
telegraphers
telegraphese
telegrapheses
telegraphic
telegraphic signal
telegraphical
telegraphically
telegraphies
telegraphing
telegraphings
telegraphist (current term)
telegraphists
telegraphs
telegraphy
teleguidance
teleguide
teleguided
teleguiding
telehandler
telehandlers
telehealth
teleheating
telehopsias
teleinstruction
teleinstructional

Literary usage of Telegraphist

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Parliamentary Debates by Great Britain Parliament (1908)
"Copy presented,—of Treasury Minute, dated 2nd October, 1908, granting a Retired Allowance to Mr. WD Ballan- tyne, Sorting Clerk and telegraphist, ..."

2. The Parliamentary Debates by Great Britain Parliament (1906)
"... RL Frost, 1st class clerk, Money Order Office; and WB Crane, overseer and junior telegraphist, Centra! Telegraph Office, Post Office (23rd November, ..."

3. The Museum of Science and Art by Dionysius Lardner (1854)
"225 Each telegraphist known by his manner of transmitting.—226. Easier to transmit than to receive.— 227. Pauses in transmission.— 228. ..."

4. Unexplored Balūchistan: A Survey, with Observations Astronomical by Ernest Ayscoghe Floyer (1882)
"A sporting Turkoman telegraphist.—A herd of brood mares.—Toby and the cows.—Mahmud Bey, our new master of horse.—We cross the frontier into Turkey. ..."

5. The Baganda at Home: With One Hundred Pictures of Life and Work in Uganda by Charles W. Hattersley (1908)
"... to Cairo Railway — The Transcontinental Telegraph—The Lion and the telegraphist THAT the journey to Uganda now presents but little difficulty is evinced ..."

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