Usually means: Operator handling calls and communication.
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  1. telephonist: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. telephonist: Merriam-Webster
  3. telephonist: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. telephonist: Collins English Dictionary
  5. telephonist: Vocabulary.com
  6. telephonist: Wordnik
  7. telephonist: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. telephonist: Wiktionary
  9. telephonist: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. telephonist: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. telephonist: Dictionary.com
  12. Telephonist: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. telephonist: Rhymezone
  14. telephonist: FreeDictionary.org
  15. telephonist: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. telephonist: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ noun:  A telephone operator.

Similar:
telephone operator, Switchboard operator, teletypist, telegraphist, telephoner, radiotelegraphist, telegraph operator, radiotelegrapher, operatress, telephonophile, more...

Opposite:
telephobe, anti-telephonist, non-telephonist

Adjectives:
young, german, dead, military, little

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Similar:
telephone operator, Switchboard operator, teletypist, telegraphist, telephoner, radiotelegraphist, telegraph operator, radiotelegrapher, operatress, telephonophile, more...

Opposite:
telephobe, anti-telephonist, non-telephonist

Adjectives:
young, german, dead, military, little



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