A person who works at the switchboard of a telephone exchange.
‘He was a radio telephone operator, grenadier and machine gun operator.’
‘Carmichael pressed a button and the screen switched back to the telephone operator at the Police Information Line.’
‘Gladys worked as a telephone operator in the Telephone exchange.’
‘In fact her older sister Elizabeth worked as a telephone operator in town and listened in enough to know everything that was going on in the community.’
‘Next, I was struggling on the phone to get information from a Mexican telephone operator when there was a soft tap on my door.’
‘As a young woman she worked as a telephone operator and relished telling stories of overheard conversations.’
‘One telephone operator and one policeman greeted me with baffled, incredulous looks.’
‘The telephone operator is able to validate need in real time using computerized maintenance records.’
‘I also discovered among my parents’ papers a long handwritten story about a telephone operator mistakenly connecting two callers.’
‘Well, what do you think a telephone operator does?’
‘For six months, she was a food-factory inspector, then a telephone operator, a receptionist, and a light-bulb saleswoman.’
‘The manager meanwhile served as the telephone operator.’
‘She had managed to get two high-paying jobs: one as a telephone operator and the other as a lawyer's secretary.’
‘When François is away on business, he meets an attractive telephone operator named Emilie.’
‘Their principal staff officer was a captain, along with a radio telephone operator.’
‘Being a telephone operator was one of the first full-time jobs for women in the workplace.’
‘In Florida I worked as a telephone operator for two days at a friend's farm.’
‘In the new age of communication, there may be no need for a telephone operator very soon.’
‘The first person to speak to you will be the telephone operator, who will ask whether you require the ambulance, fire, or police service.’
‘The telephone operator will assess how serious the emergency is and then decides which response is most appropriate.’
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