telfer

[tel-fer]

noun, adjective, verb (used with object)

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

Historical Examples of telfer

"It's not so easy as it seems, Mr. Hewitt," Telfer answered, shaking his head.
The Red Triangle
Arthur Morrison
Naturally Telfer did not pay to Elliot: he paid to Buccleuch, if to any one.
Sir Walter Scott and the Border Minstrelsy
Andrew Lang
We now take the Scott version where Telfer has arrived at Branksome.
Sir Walter Scott and the Border Minstrelsy
Andrew Lang
I am in Mr. and Mrs. Telfer's setting-room, I believe, ma'am?
Trelawny of The "Wells"
Arthur W. Pinero
But you, dear Mrs. Telfer—you weren't at the reading—what are you cast for?
Trelawny of The "Wells"
Arthur W. Pinero

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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