telegram
NounUS[tel-uh-gram]/ˈtɛləˌɡræm/3 syllables
Synonyms:
wire
Open English WordNet
Noun (1)telegrams
- a message transmitted by telegraphSynonyms: wireType of messageKinds cable, night letter, letter telegram
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Tel′e·gram noun
Origin: Gr. … far + -gram.
A message sent by telegraph; a telegraphic dispatch.
☞ “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.” Albany [N. Y.] Evening Journal (April 6, 1852).
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54