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Discover LudwigThe phrase "telephone operator" is correct and commonly used in written English.
It refers to a person who works in a telephone exchange or call center, connecting and directing incoming and outgoing telephone calls. Here is an example of how it can be used in a sentence: "The telephone operator greeted the caller and asked for their name before connecting them to the appropriate department."
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telephone operator
noun
A person who operates a telephone switchboard
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Telephone Operator: "No".
I've been a telephone operator.
His mother was a telephone operator.
"Just a moment," said the telephone operator.
He is a telephone operator in an ice cream plant.
My mother was a telephone operator and proud of it.
(Anybody remember Lily Tomlin's telephone operator?) I stayed calm.
Sonia Hernandez works as a telephone operator at Prociegos.
Who would want to be a conventional telephone operator then?
When I was a telephone operator, for example.
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