telegraphist

/ˈtɛləɡɹæfɪst/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.52 in modern English

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noun

"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."
"But the next stations, Wamphray, and Dinwoodie, were small places, very probably with no night telegraphists."

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.

telegraphists (plural)

radiotelegraphist

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The recorded pronunciation is /ˈtɛləɡɹæfɪst/.

What does telegraphist mean?

A telegrapher or telegraph operator.

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