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wireless operators

wireless operators is the plural of wireless operator.

Meaning of wireless operator

Noun

wireless operator (plural wireless operators)

  1. (dated) A person who operates a radio transmitter on a ship or in an outpost, military unit, etc., in order to communicate over long distances.
    • He found the new wireless operator a charming fellow, possessed of talents far superior to those of the young men who ordinarily pound the brass at sea.1922, Peter B. Kyne, chapter 8, in Cappy Ricks Retires
  2. A commercial firm which provides mobile communications services.
    • France Telecom is the second largest wireless operator and Internet access provider in Europe.2008 June 17, "Orange extends its pioneering in-flight mobile phone roaming services to Jordan with OnAir," www.ameinfo.com (United Arab Emirates) (retrieved 17 June 2008)
    Synonyms:
    mobile network operator, MNO, wireless service provider, wireless carrier, cellular company, mobile network carrier

Questions about wireless operators

What is wireless operators the plural of?
Wireless operators is the plural of wireless operator.

Words near wireless operators in the dictionary

  1. wireless modem
  2. wireless modems
  3. wireless network
  4. wireless networks
  5. wireless operator
  6. wireless operators
  7. wireless phone
  8. wireless phones
  9. wireless telegraph
  10. wireless telegraphies
  11. wireless telegraphs

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