telegraphers
- plural of telegrapher.
Example Sentences
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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 ● May 21, 2023
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 ● Apr. 8, 2020
The dots and dashes may sound confusing, but to telegraphers, they were perfectly clear.
From New York Times ● May 1, 2015
Regular use would, Johnston wrote, prevent telegraphers from dying of consumption, an illness to which they were particularly prone from long hours in unventilated spaces.
From Slate ● Nov. 11, 2014
I had not gone far when I turned up an envelope directed to him on which was some printing saying that it contained a pamphlet about books for telegraphers.
