telfer

[tel-fer]

noun, adjective, verb (used with object)

telpher.

Nearby words

Related formstel·fer·age, noun

telpher

or tel·fer

[tel-fer]

noun

Also teleferic. a traveling unit, car, or carrier suspended from cables in a telpherage, an aerial transportation system.

adjective

of or relating to a system of telpherage.

verb (used with object)

to transport by means of a telpherage.

Origin of telpher

1880–85; alteration of telephore. See tele-¹, -phore

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Examples from the Web for telfer

Putting the gift into his pocket Telfer went out of the store and along the street to Eleanor's shop.
Windy McPherson's Son|Sherwood Anderson
The midsummer madness that had seized Telfer passed and for a time he walked in silence.
Windy McPherson's Son|Sherwood Anderson
A few yards behind were the wiring party; so I whispered a word or two to Kerr and Telfer.
At Ypres with Best-Dunkley|Thomas Hope Floyd
"It seems to have made a great impression on you, Telfer," laughed Marc.
Beatrice Boville and Other Stories|Ouida

"You've made an enemy for life, Telfer," said Walsham, as we whisked along.
Beatrice Boville and Other Stories|Ouida

British Dictionary definitions for telfer

telfer

noun

a variant spelling of telpher

telpher

telfer

noun

a load-carrying car in a telpherage

another word for telpherage
(as modifier)a telpher line; a telpher system

verb

(tr) to transport (a load) by means of a telpherage

Derived Formstelpheric or telferic, adjective

Word Origin for telpher

C19: changed from telephore, from tele- + -phore

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