TELEGRAPHIST Meaning of TELEGRAPHIST in English te ‧ leg ‧ ra ‧ phist /təˈleɡrəfəst, tɪˈleɡrəfəst/ BrE AmE noun [countable] someone in the past whose job was to send and receive messages by telegraph Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman - Словарь современного английского языка. 2012