English Dictionary: telegram | by the DICT Development Group |
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Telegram \Tel"e*gram\, n. [Gr. [?] far + -gram.] A message sent by telegraph; a telegraphic dispatch. Note: [bd]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.[b8] --Albany [N. Y.] Evening Journal (April 6, 1852). |