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noun
- 1. a person who operates equipment or a machine: "a radio operator" Similar
- 2. a person or company that runs a business: "a tour operator" Similar
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OPERATOR definition: 1. someone whose job is to use and control a machine or vehicle: 2. a company that does a…. Learn more.
1. : one that operates: such as. a. : one that operates a machine or device. b. : one that operates a business. c. : one that performs surgical operations. d. : one that deals in stocks or commodities. 2. a. : mountebank, fraud. b. : a shrewd and skillful person who knows how to circumvent restrictions or difficulties. 3. a.
noun. a person who operates a machine, apparatus, or the like: a telegraph operator. a person who operates a telephone switchboard, especially for a telephone company. a person who manages a working or industrial establishment, enterprise, or system: the operators of a mine.
OPERATOR meaning: 1. someone whose job is to use and control a machine or vehicle: 2. a company that does a…. Learn more.
An operator is a person who works at a telephone exchange or on the switchboard of an office or hotel.
An operator operates, or controls, something. You could be a radio operator, a heavy machinery operator, or even a telephone operator — or you can be the operator, or manager, of a business. If you start your own dog walking company, you can call yourself an "owner-operator."
n. 1. a person who operates a machine, instrument, etc, esp, a person who makes connections on a telephone switchboard or at an exchange. 2. a person who owns or operates an industrial or commercial establishment. 3. (Stock Exchange) a speculator, esp one who operates on currency or stock markets.
See: Operation. Algebra - Definitions. Illustrated definition of Operator: A symbol (such as , minus, times, etc) that shows an operation (i.e. you want to...
OPERATOR meaning: 1 : a person who uses and controls something (such as a machine, device, or business) someone who operates something; 2 : a person whose job is to help to connect telephone calls a person who is in charge of a telephone switchboard.
Definition of operator noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
