Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A telegram sent by submarine cable.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A message sent by a telegraph-cable; a cable-despatch.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A message sent by a submarine telegraphic cable.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
telegram transmitted via asubmarine cable .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a telegram sent abroad
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word cablegram.
Examples
-
PRESIDENT BRACE: On Monday I received a cablegram from the Honourable Howard Ferguson, regretting that it would be impossible for him to get back to England to keep his engagement with us and to speak from London to His Honour, the Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario.
-
In the 816-word cablegram, FDR said he was concerned about situations of extraordinary importance to both countries.
DAY OF DECEIT ROBERT B. STINNETT 2001
-
In the 816-word cablegram, FDR said he was concerned about situations of extraordinary importance to both countries.
DAY OF DECEIT ROBERT B. STINNETT 2001
-
In the 816-word cablegram, FDR said he was concerned about situations of extraordinary importance to both countries.
DAY OF DECEIT ROBERT B. STINNETT 2001
-
In the 816-word cablegram, FDR said he was concerned about situations of extraordinary importance to both countries.
DAY OF DECEIT ROBERT B. STINNETT 2001
-
Ceylon, a six-hundred-word cablegram describing the habits and characteristics of the minute insect which caused the blight reached
The Man Who Knew Edgar Wallace 1903
-
I thought your cablegram was a model of condensation, quite like that of Caesar, "Veni, vidi, vici." ...
Letters of Franklin K. Lane Franklin Knight Lane 1892
-
There I remained as bush-whacker correspondent for my paper until its managing editor notified me that an eight-hundred-word cablegram describing the grief of a pet carabao over the death of an infant Moro was not considered by the office to be war news.
Options O. Henry 1886
-
For a group of young crossword constructors, "cablegram" is out and "wingman" and Katy Perry are in.
NYT > Home Page By CORNELIA DEAN 2010
-
"Now there's the kind of cablegram to send -- even on baby business.
Cappy Ricks Retires 1918
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.