telegrapher

American  

[tuh-leg-ruhf-er, tel-uh-graf-er] / təˈlɛg rəf ər, ˈtɛl əˌgræf ər /

noun

plural

telegraphers

1. a person who operates a telegraph.

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Example Sentences

When the Titanic hit an iceberg while crossing the Atlantic in 1912, its telegraphers desperately sent out distress calls hoping somebody, somewhere might hear them.

From BBC

Salas, retired from his railroad telegrapher’s job, is among the few living persons with direct knowledge of the election.

From Seattle Times

Roberts commissioned an annual count of the number of words filed by telegraphers from the Masters pressroom to compare with that of the U.S.

From Golf Digest

From his first teenage days as a railroad telegrapher and newspaper publisher, Edison exhibited “the traits that distinguished him as an inventor — contrary thinking, obstinate repetition, daydreaming, delight in difficulty,” Morris writes.

From Washington Post

Forced out of newspapering, Edison spent the next few years as a telegrapher for Western Union and other companies, taking jobs wherever he could find them—Indiana, Ohio, Tennessee, Kentucky.

From The New Yorker