teleprinter en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-der. Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle)lbor. English tele- English print Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English printer English teleprinter From tele- (“far, distant, telegraph”) + printer.
Meanings
-
(historical) Synonym of teletype, a telegraph that automatically prints transmitted messages in letters rather than Morse code or other symbols.
No matter where they were billeted, the staff officers' reality was unchanging: a dozen telephone numbers, some signals corps pilots and motorcyclists, a signals officer, a teleprinter, a message despatch point, a radio and—laid out on the table—a map of the war, densely covered with blue and red pencil marks.
2019, Vasily Grossman, translated by Robert Chandler et al., Stalingrad, page 120:Particulars of trains are advised from Willesden Telegraph Office by teleprinter, supplemented as necessary by telephone from Euston Arrival Box.
1951 August, “Notes and News: New Train Arrival Bureau at Euston”, in Railway Magazine, page 567:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| teleprinters | Number=Plur | lexicographic |