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- noun Plural form of
heliographer .
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Examples
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After a brief description of the situation, he continues: -- 'It was at this time that the heliographers of the Dublin's showed their pluck, for, fixing up their stand amidst shot and shell, they got their message through to
The Second Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers in the South African War With a Description of the Operations in the Aden Hinterland Cecil Francis Romer
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When the heliographers questioned the enemy, "Are you Boers?" they replied, "Yes."
South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899 Louis Creswicke
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Captain Scheppers, of the Boer heliographers, desired to make a prisoner of a British captain and asked him to surrender.
With the Boer Forces Howard C. Hillegas 1895
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We halted several times, and the heliographers, who were posted everywhere in sight of the enemy, made as much fuss as possible.
My Reminiscences of the Anglo-Boer War P. [Illustrator] Van Breda 1892
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