switchboard operator
11switchboard — UK [ˈswɪtʃˌbɔː(r)d] / US [ˈswɪtʃˌbɔrd] noun [countable] Word forms switchboard : singular switchboard plural switchboards a large piece of equipment in an office, hotel, public building etc that a person called a switchboard operator uses to… …
12operator — Synonyms and related words: Machiavellian, PBX operator, activist, actor, administrator, adventurer, agent, architect, author, ball of fire, beaver, behind the scenes operator, big operator, big wheel, big time operator, bustler, busy bee,… …
13operator — n 1. doer, performer., actor, executor, operative, operant; worker, handler, manipulator, practitioner. 2. telephone operator, switchboard operator, PBX operator, Obs. central. 3.Slang. maneuverer, machinator, Inf. finagler, Inf. wire puller, Sl …
14switchboard — switch|board [ swıtʃ,bɔrd ] noun count 1. ) a large piece of equipment in an office, hotel, public building, etc. that a person called a switchboard operator uses to answer telephone calls and connect the people calling with the people they want… …
15operator — ► NOUN 1) a person who operates equipment or a machine. 2) a person who works at the switchboard of a telephone exchange. 3) a person or company that runs a business or enterprise. 4) informal a person who acts in a specified, especially… …
16operator — [äp′ə rāt΄ər] n. 1. a person who operates; specif., a) a person who effects something; agent ☆ b) a person whose work is operating a machine; specif., a person who operates a telephone switchboard [a telephone operator ] ☆ c) a person engaged in… …
17Operator — Op er*a tor, n. [L.] 1. One who, or that which, operates or produces an effect. [1913 Webster] 2. (Surg.) One who performs some act upon the human body by means of the hand, or with instruments. [1913 Webster] 3. A dealer in stocks or any… …
18operator — 1590s, one who performs mechanical or surgical operations, agent noun from OPERATE (Cf. operate) (v.). Meaning one who carries on business shrewdly is from 1828. Specific sense of one who works a telephone switchboard (1884) grew out of earlier… …
19switchboard — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ telephone VERB + SWITCHBOARD ▪ call, ring (BrE) ▪ flood, jam ▪ The switchboard was jammed with f …
20operator — n. 1) a computer; crane; elevator (AE); ham, radio; machine (AE); radar; switchboard (AE), telephone (AE); tour operator 2) (colloq.) a slick, smooth operator * * * [ ɒpəreɪtə] crane ham radar radio smooth operator …
