Dictionary

telegraphist en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈtɛləɡɹæfɪst/ (General-American)
• /təˈlɛɡɹɑːfɪst/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /təˈlɛɡɹæfɪst/ (General-American)
• /ˈtɛləɡɹɑːfɪst/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-der. Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle)lbor. French télé- Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō) Ancient Greek -γράφος (-gráphos)bor. Latin -graphuslbor. French -graphe French télégraphebor. English telegraph Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English telegraphist From telegraph + -ist.

Meanings

1. A telegrapher or telegraph operator.
   • But the next stations, Wamphray, and Dinwoodie, were small places, very probably with no night telegraphists. 1950 January, David L. Smith, “A Runaway at Beattock”, in Railway Magazine, page 54:
   • He had taken the wife to his raw new palace in San Diego, where she and her people occupied a wing of great price, and Cheyne, in a veranda-room, between a secretary and a typewriter, who was also a telegraphist, toiled along wearily from day to day. 1896 November – 1897 May, Rudyard Kipling, “Captains Courageous”, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Company, published 1897, →OCLC:

Forms

Deriveds

radiotelegraphist