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单词 telephoner
释义

telephonern.

Brit. /ˈtɛlᵻfəʊnə/, U.S. /ˈtɛləˌfoʊnər/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: telephone v., -er suffix1.
Etymology: < telephone v. + -er suffix1.
A person who makes a telephone call.
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society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telephony > [noun] > caller
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1880 Detroit Free Press 21 Jan. 1/2 Detroit telephoners can now sit in their offices and talk with ‘them furriners’.
1932 New Statesman 23 Jan. 87/1 I have often watched one of these fanatical telephoners sitting opposite the telephone with his hand on the receiver.
1972 New Yorker 21 Oct. 31/3 We picked up a mimeographed sheet that tells the telephoners what to say.
2003 C. F. Duffy Family of his Own xiv. 334 Only two possibilities for the telephoner's identity come to George.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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