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TELEGRAM
telegram, wire
(noun) a message transmitted by telegraph
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
telegram (plural telegrams)
A message transmitted by telegraph.
Synonyms
• wire, cable
Verb
telegram (third-person singular simple present telegrams, present participle telegramming, simple past and past participle telegrammed)
(intransitive) To send a telegram.
(transitive) To send a telegram to (a person).
(transitive) To send (a message) in a telegram.
Anagrams
• Great Elm
Source: Wiktionary
Tel"e*gram, n. Etym: [Gr. -gram.]
Definition: A message sent by telegraph; a telegraphic dispatch.
Note: "A friend desires us to give notice that he will ask leave, at some convenient time, to introduce a new word into the vocabulary. It is telegram, instead of telegraphic dispatch, or telegraphic communication." Albany [N. Y.] Evening Journal (April 6, 1852).
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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