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telephonist

telephonist noun: a telephone operator.

Noun

telephonist (plural telephonists)

  1. A telephone operator.

Forms of telephonist

pluraltelephonists

Origin of telephonist

From telephone + -ist.

Questions about telephonist

What does telephonist mean?
Telephonist means a telephone operator.
What part of speech is telephonist?
Telephonist is a noun.
What is the plural of telephonist?
The plural of telephonist is telephonists.

Words near telephonist in the dictionary

  1. telephonicating
  2. telephonicophilia
  3. telephonies
  4. telephoning
  5. telephonings
  6. telephonist
  7. telephonists
  8. telephonitis
  9. telephonograph
  10. telephonographic
  11. telephonographs

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