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pretelegraph

pretelegraph adjective: before the invention or spread of the telegraph.

Adjective

pretelegraph (not comparable)

  1. Before the invention or spread of the telegraph.

Origin of pretelegraph

From pre- + telegraph.

Questions about pretelegraph

What does pretelegraph mean?
Pretelegraph means before the invention or spread of the telegraph.
What part of speech is pretelegraph?
Pretelegraph is an adjective.

Words near pretelegraph in the dictionary

  1. preteener
  2. preteeners
  3. preteenhood
  4. preteens
  5. pretelecast
  6. pretelegraph
  7. pretelegraphic
  8. pretelegraphy
  9. pretelephone
  10. pretelephonic
  11. pretelescopic

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