telegram

Etymology

tele- + -gram.

noun

  1. A message transmitted by telegraph.
    On 20 May 1937 when down in Bradford-on-Avon on business, Bulleid received a telegram with the cryptic news: 'Sir Herbert Walker wishes to see you twelve thirty tomorrow—Gresley'. 1979 August, Graham Burtenshaw, Michael S. Welch, “O.V.S. Bulleid's SR loco-hauled coaches - 1”, in Railway World, page 394

verb

  1. (intransitive) To send a telegram.
  2. (transitive) To send a telegram to (a person).
  3. (transitive) To send (a message) in a telegram.

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