Definition of "telegraphers" []

• Plural form of telegrapher. (noun)

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• "And third, the introduction of our own secret agents into every branch of the Oligarchy -- into the labor castes and especially among the telegraphers and secretaries and clerks, into the army, the agents-provocateurs, and the slave-drivers."
• "An attempt had been made to place army telegraphers in the telegraph offices, but the wires had been cut in every direction."
• "Not a train ran, not a telegraphic message went over the wires, for the telegraphers and railroad men had ceased work along with the rest of the population."