telegraphistn.

Brit.

/tᵻˈlɛɡrəfɪst/, U.S.

/təˈlɛɡrəfəst/,

/ˈtɛləˌɡræfəst/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; perhaps modelled on a French lexical item, or perhaps modelled on a German lexical item. Etymons: telegraph n., -ist suffix.

Etymology: < telegraph n. + -ist suffix, perhaps after French télégraphiste (1805 or earlier) or German Telegraphist (1797 or earlier; now usually Telegrafist ). Compare earlier telegrapher n.

A person who works a telegraph (telegraph n. 3a or, in earlier use, 1a); a telegraph operator.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telegraphy > [noun] > telegraph operator

telegrapher1794

telegraphist1817

puncher1876

key worker1884

sounder1887

cabler1890

space-telegrapher1899

Marconist?1900

key man1901

wireless operator1902

wirer1916

ham1919

1817 Acadian Code of Signals 8 The Telegraphist has acquired some practical knowledge of Simple Numbers.

1847 Brit. Patent 11,926 10 Signals are..quickly received by the mind of the telegraphist.

1854 Lardner's Museum Sci. & Art IV. 60 Different telegraphists have very different powers as to celerity.

1879 Hansard Commons 29 July 1625 Recently, their names had been changed by a Circular from ‘telegraph clerks’ to ‘telegraphists’.

1900 Western Mail (Cardiff) 9 Jan. 5/7 The telegraphists from the Cardiff Post-office called up for active service left at the same time.

1964 Railway World in P. B. Whitehouse Railway Anthol. (1965) viii. 210 There were always telegraph instruments clicking away. Every signalman on the G.N. was a telegraphist.

2007 Northern Echo (Nexis) 12 Sept. 20 Great ranks of Post Office telegraphists..have again lifted a finger to reprise the days of the original cut and paste.

Compounds

telegraphist's cramp n. (also telegraphists' cramp) [after German Telegraphistenkrampf or its model French mal télégraphique (both 1875 or earlier)] now historical muscle spasm, weakness, and pain of the forearm or hand occurring as an occupational disorder in telegraph operators; also called telegrapher's cramp.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > disorders affecting muscles > [noun] > spasm or cramp > type of spasm > occupational > specific

telegraphist's cramp1875

telegrapher's cramp1877

weavers' cramp1881

telegrapher's palsy1882

pianist's cramp1887

charley horse1888

piano-failure1897

watchmaker's cramp1899

1875 Lancet 24 Apr. 585/1 It seems possible that we may have to add ‘telegraphists' cramp’ to the list of those diseases which are aptly named ‘professional impotences’.

1908 Daily Chron. 26 Nov. 6/2 The supplementary report..recommended that telegraphists' cramp should be added to the compensation list.

2009 H. Evans & R. E. Bartholomew Outbreak 372/2 Episodes of writer's cramp in the latter half of the nineteenth century, and telegraphist's cramp during the first three decades of the twentieth century, have a remarkable parallel to RSI [= repetitive strain injury] ‘outbreaks’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	telegraphist
释义	telegraphistn. Brit. /tᵻˈlɛɡrəfɪst/, U.S. /təˈlɛɡrəfəst/, /ˈtɛləˌɡræfəst/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; perhaps modelled on a French lexical item, or perhaps modelled on a German lexical item. Etymons: telegraph n., -ist suffix. Etymology: < telegraph n. + -ist suffix, perhaps after French télégraphiste (1805 or earlier) or German Telegraphist (1797 or earlier; now usually Telegrafist ). Compare earlier telegrapher n. A person who works a telegraph (telegraph n. 3a or, in earlier use, 1a); a telegraph operator. ΘΚΠ society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telegraphy > [noun] > telegraph operator telegrapher1794 telegraphist1817 puncher1876 key worker1884 sounder1887 cabler1890 space-telegrapher1899 Marconist?1900 key man1901 wireless operator1902 wirer1916 ham1919 1817 Acadian Code of Signals 8 The Telegraphist has acquired some practical knowledge of Simple Numbers. 1847 Brit. Patent 11,926 10 Signals are..quickly received by the mind of the telegraphist. 1854 Lardner's Museum Sci. & Art IV. 60 Different telegraphists have very different powers as to celerity. 1879 Hansard Commons 29 July 1625 Recently, their names had been changed by a Circular from ‘telegraph clerks’ to ‘telegraphists’. 1900 Western Mail (Cardiff) 9 Jan. 5/7 The telegraphists from the Cardiff Post-office called up for active service left at the same time. 1964 Railway World in P. B. Whitehouse Railway Anthol. (1965) viii. 210 There were always telegraph instruments clicking away. Every signalman on the G.N. was a telegraphist. 2007 Northern Echo (Nexis) 12 Sept. 20 Great ranks of Post Office telegraphists..have again lifted a finger to reprise the days of the original cut and paste. Compounds telegraphist's cramp n. (also telegraphists' cramp) [after German Telegraphistenkrampf or its model French mal télégraphique (both 1875 or earlier)] now historical muscle spasm, weakness, and pain of the forearm or hand occurring as an occupational disorder in telegraph operators; also called telegrapher's cramp. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > disorders affecting muscles > [noun] > spasm or cramp > type of spasm > occupational > specific telegraphist's cramp1875 telegrapher's cramp1877 weavers' cramp1881 telegrapher's palsy1882 pianist's cramp1887 charley horse1888 piano-failure1897 watchmaker's cramp1899 1875 Lancet 24 Apr. 585/1 It seems possible that we may have to add ‘telegraphists' cramp’ to the list of those diseases which are aptly named ‘professional impotences’. 1908 Daily Chron. 26 Nov. 6/2 The supplementary report..recommended that telegraphists' cramp should be added to the compensation list. 2009 H. Evans & R. E. Bartholomew Outbreak 372/2 Episodes of writer's cramp in the latter half of the nineteenth century, and telegraphist's cramp during the first three decades of the twentieth century, have a remarkable parallel to RSI [= repetitive strain injury] ‘outbreaks’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1817
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