telegrapher

Noun

Meaning

One who sends telegraphic messages; a telegraphic operator; a telegraphist.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

telegraphist telegraph telegram telegraphic manipulator cable operator wire sparks telegraph messenger Telegraph operator telegraph handler telegraph clerk telegraph consultant telegraph controller

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Hypernyms

manipulator operator

Anagrams

retelegraph

Examples

Although hired as a telegrapher, he was forced, when the official photographer proved incompetent, to learn photography on the job, and his photographs rank among the earliest taken in Japan. Source: Internet

“He was a former telegrapher and he could still telegraph at age 107, and I consider that one of the highlights of me being president. Source: Internet

It was here that Edison found a position in Fort Wayne as an itinerant telegrapher working for the Wabash Railroad Company. Source: Internet

Using his military experience, William secured a position as a telegrapher with the Wheat Pool and the family sailed from Glasgow to Montreal in July 1925 on the SS Mettogama. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

telegraph technician telegraph transmission telegrapheme telegraphese telegraphic telegraphic message