telegraph operator

collocation in English

meaningsoftelegraphandoperator

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telegraph
noun[U]
uk
/ˈtel.ɪ.ɡrɑːf/us
/ˈtel.ə.ɡræf/
(especially in the past) a method of sending and receiving messages by electrical or radio signals, or the special equipment used for ...
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operator
noun[C]
uk
/ˈɒp.ər.eɪ.tər/us
/ˈɑː.pə.reɪ.t̬ɚ/
someone whose job is to use and control a machine ...
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(Definition oftelegraphandoperatorfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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He also had the responsibility for the scientific party, which consisted of two botanists, a zoologist, two topographers, a doctor, atelegraphoperator, and a news reporter.
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The most typical employee who suffered was the skilledtelegraphoperatorin the top category.
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All men are locked in and women, children and gang members appear as attending the funeral of thetelegraphoperator.
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He was a brakeman andtelegraphoperatorwho just so happened to like singing.
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His advanced work in these fields was an outgrowth of his early career as atelegraphoperator.
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Then he worked as a hoteltelegraphoperator, as a hotel clerk, and eventually as a hotel manager.
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The angle of the building was a 3-story tower, at the top of which sat the electrictelegraphoperator.
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With knowledge gained from years of working as atelegraphoperator, he learned the basics of electricity.
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This allowed thetelegraphoperatorto see incoming trains from inside the building.
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He studied telegraphy and was employed as atelegraphoperator1883-1895.
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There were 9 soldiers stationed there, thetelegraphoperatorand a few other civilians.
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These stations were usually not much more than cold, lonely huts manned by a singletelegraphoperatoror soldier.
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As a young man he worked as an artisan and atelegraphoperator.
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At age 15, he was offered and accepted a summer job as atelegraphoperatorat a local railway station.
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He worked as atelegraphoperatorand railroad agent from 1877 to 1894.
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Such connections already existed for private telegraphs, and the new invention promised to save the cost of hiring a privatetelegraphoperator.
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He was a pioneertelegraphoperator.
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He found out that the starting salary for atelegraphoperatorwas $20 a week more than a bank clerk, so he changed his major to telegraphy.
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