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Meanings of telephone operator in English

Catalan
telefonista

Position responsible for operating telephones and telephone communications systems.

Related terms
telefonista

A company selling telephone services.

A person who provides assistance to a telephone caller by establishing a network connection with the person to be reacher.

Usage of telephone operator in English
1
He asked the telephone operator one day to get the Chrysler place.
The new yorker
2
An extra telephone operator had been employed to handle the increased calls.
The new yorker
3
The telephone operator suggested we call Grand Centras as they always answer promptly.
The new yorker
4
A telephone operator settled down beside us, and spoke with Group Commandant Wesreidau.
The forgotten soldier
5
The night telephone operator had said that he had acted queer.
The Seventh Noon
6
Telecel is the southern African country's smallest mobile telephone operator.
Reuters
7
He is a telephone operator in an ice cream plant.
The new yorker
8
To the machine she attached several head pieces such as a telephone operator wears.
Constance Dunlap
9
She was merely a country telephone operator, reasonably pretty, and flattered by his uniform.
Morale: A Story of the War of 1941-43
10
He asked to speak to him, but the telephone operator said his line was busy.
Firewall
11
The telephone operator announced, "Inspector Touh is in the lobby to see you."
Rage of angels
12
Then wishing to speak with Exeter he said to a telephone operator, Gimme my brigade.
Coming of Age: 1939-1946
13
But she's a telephone operator at the Exchange now.
The Day of the Beast
14
In negotiations now underway he is bidding for a lucrative slice of the State telephone operator.
The Irish Times
15
Suddenly he noticed that the Doctor's telephone operator was reading a ten cent pulp detective magazine.
The new yorker
16
It started back in 1994 when U.S. regional telephone operator Bell Atlantic partnered with rival Nynex.
Reuters
Translations for telephone operator