/ ˈtelɪgræm; NAmE / noun
a message sent by telegraph and then printed and given to sb
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WORD ORIGIN
mid 19th cent.: from tele- at a distance + -gram (see gram ), on the pattern of telegraph .
TELEGRAM
Meaning of TELEGRAM in English
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005