teleprinter
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.84 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Synonym of teletype, a telegraph that automatically prints transmitted messages in letters rather than Morse code or other symbols.
Example Sentences
- "Particulars of trains are advised from Willesden Telegraph Office by teleprinter, supplemented as necessary by telephone from Euston Arrival Box."
- "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."
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.