TELEGRAPH OPERATOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does telegraph operator mean? 

• TELEGRAPH OPERATOR (noun)
  The noun TELEGRAPH OPERATOR has 1 sense:

1. someone who transmits messages by telegraph

  Familiarity information: TELEGRAPH OPERATOR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TELEGRAPH OPERATOR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who transmits messages by telegraph

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

telegraph operator; telegrapher; telegraphist

Hypernyms ("telegraph operator" is a kind of...):

manipulator; operator (an agent that operates some apparatus or machine)