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telegraphist

operator who uses a telegraph key to send and receive the Morse code
Intangible historical_profession Q2024200
telegraphist
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Summary

telegraphist is a historical profession[1]. telegraphist draws 824 Wikipedia views per month (historical profession category, ranking #63 of 153).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: occupation[3]
  • Subclass of: telephone switchboard operators[4]
  • Field of this occupation: telegraphy[5]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Telegraphists[6]
  • Described by source: National Museum of Science and Technology[7], Morsum Magnificat[8]
  • Female form of label: عاملة البرق[9], telegrafistka[10], Telegrafistin[11], телеграфистка[12], מפעילת טלגרף[13], тэлеграфістка[14], telegrafininkė[15]
  • Male form of label: telegrafininkas[16]

Why It Matters

telegraphist has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] telegraphist is known by 45 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

Related Entities

Oliver Heaviside

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . gupea.ub.gu.se. gupea.ub.gu.se. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . n7cfo.com. Retrieved . n7cfo.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → telegraphers
    Wikipedia languages → ['arz', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'fr', 'fy', 'ja', 'nl', 'no', 'pt', 'sv']
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: telegraphers, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289961664|telegraphers (#289961664)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]"
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