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Definition of Telephonists
1. telephonist [n] - See also: telephonist
Lexicographical Neighbors of Telephonists
Literary usage of Telephonists
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Telephones and Telegraphs: 1902: And Municipal Electric Fire Alarm and by United States Bureau of the Census, William Mott Steuart, Thomas Commerford Martin, Arthur Vaughan Abbott, William Mayer, jr (1906)
"The number of telephonists did not include 601 operators who were reported as
exercising also some other "profession." The administrative staff included 90 ..."
2. The Parliamentary Debates by Great Britain Parliament (1908)
"Recruiting of Provincial telephonists. MR. SEDDON (Lancashire, Newton) : To ask
the Postmaster-General whether In will state the manner in which ..."
3. Provisional Drill and Service Regulations for Field Artillery (6-inch by United States War Dept, United States Adjutant-General's Office (1917)
"Personnel of Command, Observers, Signalmen, telephonists. 1408. These are Important
targets of variable vulnerability. They present a certain fixedness. ..."
4. Parliamentary Debates: Senate and House of Representatives by Australia Parliament (1911)
"Telegraph Messengers telephonists Letter Carriers ... Mail Drivers Assistants
and Postal Assistants ... telephonists.—Minimum raised from £32 to £39. ..."
5. Nationality and Government: With Other Wartime Essays by Alfred Eckhard Zimmern (1918)
"... telephonists, and engineering grades, who are represented on the National
Joint Committee of Post Office Associations. That Committee consists of the ..."
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