"operator" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɒpəˌɹeɪtə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɑpəˌɹeɪtɚ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-operator.wav [Southern-England] Forms: operators [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin operatōr, from operor (“work, labour”). Equivalent to operate + -or. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₃ep-}}, {{bor|en|la|operatōr}} Latin operatōr, {{m|la|operor||work, labour}} operor (“work, labour”), {{suffix|en|operate|-or}} operate + -or Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} operator (countable and uncountable, plural operators)
  1. One who operates. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (one who operates): апера́тар (apjerátar) [masculine] (Belarusian), опера́тор (operátor) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 操作者 (cāozuòzhě) (Chinese Mandarin), operatør (Danish), bediener [masculine] (Dutch), toimija (Finnish), operaattori (Finnish), käyttäjä (Finnish), koneenkäyttäjä (english: machine operator) (Finnish), kuljettaja (Finnish), liikennöitsijä (english: transportation) (Finnish), opérateur [masculine] (French), operador [masculine] (Galician), Betreiber [masculine] (German), χειριστής (cheiristís) [masculine] (Greek), מפעיל (maf3íl) [masculine] (Hebrew), kezelő (Hungarian), gépkezelő (Hungarian), üzemeltető (Hungarian), üzembentartó (Hungarian), 操作者 (sōsasha) (alt: そうさしゃ) (Japanese), オペレーター (operētā) (Japanese), 조작자 (jojakja) (Korean), 오퍼레이터 (opeoreiteo) (Korean), опера́тор (operátor) [masculine] (Macedonian), operator [masculine] (Polish), operador [masculine] (Portuguese), operator [masculine] (Romanian), опера́тор (operátor) [masculine] (Russian), operater [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), оператер [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), operador [masculine] (Spanish), operatör [common-gender] (Swedish), operatör (Turkish), опера́тор (operátor) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-operator-en-noun-aC4gU47J Disambiguation of 'one who operates': 65 1 1 1 9 2 3 3 1 5 1 0 6
  2. A telecommunications facilitator whose job is to establish temporary network connections. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (telecommunications operator): телефонѝст (telefonìst) [masculine] (Bulgarian), телефонѝстка (telefonìstka) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 話務員 (Chinese Mandarin), 话务员 (huàwùyuán) (Chinese Mandarin), 接線員 (Chinese Mandarin), 接线员 (jiēxiànyuán) (Chinese Mandarin), telefonist (Danish), telefonistinde (Danish), operaattori (Finnish), teleoperaattori (Finnish), keskuksenhoitaja (Finnish), vaihteenhoitaja (Finnish), téléphoniste [feminine, masculine] (French), telefonista [feminine, masculine] (Galician), Telefonist [feminine] (German), Telefonistin [feminine] (German), Vermittlung [feminine] (German), τηλεφωνητής (tilefonitís) [masculine] (Greek), τηλεφωνήτρια (tilefonítria) [feminine] (Greek), מרכזיה (merkaziyá) [feminine] (Hebrew), kezelő (Hungarian), operátor (Hungarian), telefonos kisasszony [archaic] (Hungarian), 交換手 (kōkanshu) (alt: こうかんしゅ) (Japanese), اپراتور (operâtor) (Persian), تلفنچی (telefonči) (Persian), operator [masculine] (Polish), telefonista [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), operator [masculine] (Romanian), operatoare [feminine] (Romanian), telefonistă [feminine] (Romanian), телефони́ст (telefoníst) [masculine] (Russian), телефони́стка (telefonístka) [feminine] (Russian), опера́тор (operátor) [masculine] (Russian), operater [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), оператер [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), telefonist [common-gender] (Swedish), telebolag [neuter] (Swedish), operatör [common-gender] (Swedish), operatör (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-operator-en-noun-cHQ1i80c Disambiguation of 'telecommunications operator': 3 47 2 9 2 3 3 2 3 12 3 8 3
  3. A member of a military special operations unit. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-operator-en-noun-V10zPJ5J
  4. (uncountable) The game of Chinese whispers. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-operator-en-noun-hHM-UgCq
  5. (informal) A person who is adept at making deals or getting results, especially one who uses questionable methods. Tags: countable, informal, uncountable
    Sense id: en-operator-en-noun-en:person_making_deals
  6. (mathematics) A function or other mapping that carries variables defined on a domain into another variable or set of variables in a defined range. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Functions, Mathematics
    Sense id: en-operator-en-noun-jfh7Th9h Topics: mathematics, sciences
  7. (computing) The administrator of a channel or network on IRC. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Computing Translations (the administrator of a channel or network on IRC): διαχειριστής (diacheiristís) [masculine] (Greek), διαχειρίστρια (diacheirístria) [feminine] (Greek)
    Sense id: en-operator-en-noun-em47gfIt Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'the administrator of a channel or network on IRC': 1 2 0 1 3 2 77 3 1 7 1 0 1
  8. (computing) A symbol that represents a construct in a programming language and differs from a normal function in its syntax. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-operator-en-noun-JnGiVa8l Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -or Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 2 6 5 2 12 12 24 8 3 0 2 8 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 11 3 4 6 4 11 14 25 9 4 1 3 6 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -or: 13 3 5 12 5 9 9 18 6 8 1 2 10 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
  9. (linguistics) A kind of expression that enters into an a-bar movement dependency and is said to bind a variable. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Linguistics
    Sense id: en-operator-en-noun-OCzXknnI Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  10. (transport) A bus driver. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Transport, Occupations, People
    Sense id: en-operator-en-noun-jvZnJgTX Disambiguation of Occupations: 9 4 1 1 8 2 12 6 2 43 6 1 6 Disambiguation of People: 7 8 0 0 10 0 10 1 3 42 15 0 5 Topics: transport
  11. (slang) A thief or charlatan. Tags: countable, slang, uncountable
    Sense id: en-operator-en-noun-2ns1rRzX
  12. (slang) A major criminal. Tags: countable, slang, uncountable
    Sense id: en-operator-en-noun-lFvWY~FN
  13. (slang, dated) Someone who is successful at pursuing women; a player. Tags: countable, dated, slang, uncountable
    Sense id: en-operator-en-noun-5vZ0B2cX
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: operator theory Related terms: opera, operable, operand, operant, operate, operation, operational, operative, opus Translations (mathematical operator): опера́тор (operátor) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 運算符 (Chinese Mandarin), 运算符 (yùnsùanfú) (Chinese Mandarin), 算子 (suànzǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), operátor [masculine] (Czech), operator (Danish), operacio (Esperanto), operaattori (Finnish), opérateur [masculine] (French), Operator [masculine] (German), Rechenzeichen [neuter] (German), τελεστής (telestís) [masculine] (Greek), műveleti jel (Hungarian), operátor (Hungarian), virki [masculine] (Icelandic), operatore [masculine] (Italian), 演算子 (enzanshi) (alt: えんざんし) (Japanese), 作用素 (sayōso) (alt: さようそ) (Japanese), оператор (operator) (Kazakh), عملگر ('amalgar) (Persian), عملیپتال (Persian), operator [masculine] (Polish), operador [masculine] (Portuguese), operator [masculine] (Romanian), опера́тор (operátor) [masculine] (Russian), operator [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), djelatelj [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), operator [common-gender] (Swedish), pakilos (Tagalog), operatör (Turkish)

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      "word": "Hamiltonian operator"
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      "word": "hypoelliptic operator"
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      "word": "infix operator"
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      "word": "integral operator"
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    {
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      "word": "Kleene operator"
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    {
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      "word": "ladder operator"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Laplace-Beltrami operator"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Laplace-de Rham operator"
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      "word": "Laplace operator"
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      "word": "length operator"
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      "word": "lifted operator"
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      "word": "linear operator"
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      "word": "logic operator"
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      "word": "machine operator"
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      "word": "marconi operator"
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      "word": "mobile virtual network operator"
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      "word": "NOT operator"
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      "word": "owner-operator"
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      "word": "pseudodifferential operator"
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      "word": "quabla operator"
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      "word": "radio operator"
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      "word": "relational operator"
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      "word": "rest operator"
    },
    {
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      "word": "Reynolds operator"
    },
    {
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      "word": "safe navigation operator"
    },
    {
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      "word": "shape operator"
    },
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      "word": "smooth operator"
    },
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      "word": "Sobel-Feldman operator"
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      "word": "Sobel operator"
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      "word": "spread operator"
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      "word": "suede-shoe operator"
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      "word": "system operator"
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      "word": "token-pasting operator"
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      "word": "unary operator"
    },
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      "word": "walrus operator"
    },
    {
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      "word": "wave operator"
    },
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          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "apjerátar",
          "sense": "one who operates",
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          "roman": "operátor",
          "sense": "one who operates",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "опера́тор"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "cāozuòzhě",
          "sense": "one who operates",
          "word": "操作者"
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          "word": "operatør"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "one who operates",
          "word": "toimija"
        },
        {
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "one who operates",
          "word": "operaattori"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "65 1 1 1 9 2 3 3 1 5 1 0 6",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "one who operates",
          "word": "käyttäjä"
        },
        {
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          "code": "fi",
          "english": "machine operator",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "one who operates",
          "word": "koneenkäyttäjä"
        },
        {
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "one who operates",
          "word": "kuljettaja"
        },
        {
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          "code": "fi",
          "english": "transportation",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "one who operates",
          "word": "liikennöitsijä"
        },
        {
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "one who operates",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "opérateur"
        },
        {
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "one who operates",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "operador"
        },
        {
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "one who operates",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Betreiber"
        },
        {
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "cheiristís",
          "sense": "one who operates",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "χειριστής"
        },
        {
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          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "maf3íl",
          "sense": "one who operates",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "מפעיל"
        },
        {
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "one who operates",
          "word": "kezelő"
        },
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "one who operates",
          "word": "gépkezelő"
        },
        {
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "one who operates",
          "word": "üzemeltető"
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          "text": "Sir Ol. Sirrah! I got many a round Sum by it, when my Father wou'd not give me a Groat—Then, Sir, I was in with all the Top Gameſters, and when there was a fat Squire to be fleec'd; I had my Office among them too, and tho' I ſay it, was one of the neateſt Operators about Town.",
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      "word": "Reynolds operator"
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      "word": "telegraph operator"
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      "word": "token-pasting operator"
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      "word": "walrus operator"
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      "word": "wave operator"
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      "categories": [
        "en:Computing"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The administrator of a channel or network on IRC."
      ],
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        [
          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "channel",
          "channel"
        ],
        [
          "network",
          "network"
        ],
        [
          "IRC",
          "IRC"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(computing) The administrator of a channel or network on IRC."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Computing"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A symbol that represents a construct in a programming language and differs from a normal function in its syntax."
      ],
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        [
          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "symbol",
          "symbol"
        ],
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          "construct",
          "construct"
        ],
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        ],
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          "function"
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        ]
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        "(computing) A symbol that represents a construct in a programming language and differs from a normal function in its syntax."
      ],
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        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
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        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
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        {
          "text": "In the sentence \"What did Bill say he wants to buy?\", \"what\" is an operator, binding a phonetically empty variable."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A kind of expression that enters into an a-bar movement dependency and is said to bind a variable."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "linguistics",
          "linguistics"
        ],
        [
          "expression",
          "expression"
        ],
        [
          "bind",
          "bind"
        ],
        [
          "variable",
          "variable"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(linguistics) A kind of expression that enters into an a-bar movement dependency and is said to bind a variable."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Transport"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A bus driver."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "transport",
          "transport"
        ],
        [
          "bus driver",
          "bus driver"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transport) A bus driver."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "transport"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English slang",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1709 January 11, Colley Cibber, “The Rival Fools: […]”, in Mr. Cibber's Plays, volume II, London: […] B. Lintot […], published 1721, page 104",
          "text": "Sir Ol. Sirrah! I got many a round Sum by it, when my Father wou'd not give me a Groat—Then, Sir, I was in with all the Top Gameſters, and when there was a fat Squire to be fleec'd; I had my Office among them too, and tho' I ſay it, was one of the neateſt Operators about Town.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2016, C. T. Collier, Planted, Scottsdale, A.Z.: Asdee Press, page 301",
          "text": "Hank was saying, \"Lyssa showed me the screenshots of Nate's accounts, so we know he's helping himself to Nate's money every month. The guy's a real operator.\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A thief or charlatan."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "thief",
          "thief#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "charlatan",
          "charlatan#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang) A thief or charlatan."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "slang",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English slang",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1998, Irvine Welsh, Filth, New York, N.Y., London: W. W. Norton & Company, page 140",
          "text": "He started bleating to me this morning aboot being stretched on this hippy stalk. A fuckin waste of time. Big operators flooding the city with smack and three-quarters of the cunts we bang up are daft schemies or students with a wee bit of hash or a few pills for their pals.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A major criminal."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "criminal",
          "criminal#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang) A major criminal."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "slang",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English dated terms",
        "English slang",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1974, Earl Wilson, Show Business Laid Bare, New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam's Sons, page 188",
          "text": "I give credit to men who are great operators, as we once called them, with the girls. Once I was interviewing one of the most beautiful girls in the world in her suite at the Hotel Plaza. While she was busily denying to me that there was anything serious in her relationship with Warren Beatty, who should be barging into the next room of the suite with a lot of clothes being removed from another suite, but Warren Beatty?",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1988 [1977], Luciano De Crescenzo, translated by Avril Bardoni, Thus Spake Bellavista: Naples, Love, and Liberty, New York, N.Y.: Grove Press, page 101",
          "text": "\"Of course you're right, but the Baron is unfortunately a bit of an operator, if you know what I mean. He likes the ladies,\" said Salvatore with a wicked grin. \"So he never gets in until two, sometimes even three in the morning, and that's because he goes dancing at the Mela; he's quite a playboy.\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1996, George P. Pelecanos, The Big Blowdown, New York, N.Y.: St. Martin's Press, page 298",
          "text": "Anyway, there's gonna be plenty of girls. Plenty of girls for an operator like you.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Someone who is successful at pursuing women; a player."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "women",
          "woman#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "player",
          "player#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang, dated) Someone who is successful at pursuing women; a player."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "dated",
        "slang",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/ˈɒpəˌɹeɪtə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɑpəˌɹeɪtɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
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    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "apjerátar",
      "sense": "one who operates",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "апера́тар"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "operátor",
      "sense": "one who operates",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "опера́тор"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "cāozuòzhě",
      "sense": "one who operates",
      "word": "操作者"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "one who operates",
      "word": "operatør"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "one who operates",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bediener"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "one who operates",
      "word": "toimija"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "one who operates",
      "word": "operaattori"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "one who operates",
      "word": "käyttäjä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "machine operator",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "one who operates",
      "word": "koneenkäyttäjä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "one who operates",
      "word": "kuljettaja"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "transportation",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "one who operates",
      "word": "liikennöitsijä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "one who operates",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "opérateur"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "one who operates",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "operador"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "one who operates",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Betreiber"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "cheiristís",
      "sense": "one who operates",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "χειριστής"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "maf3íl",
      "sense": "one who operates",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "מפעיל"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "one who operates",
      "word": "kezelő"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "one who operates",
      "word": "gépkezelő"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "one who operates",
      "word": "üzemeltető"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "one who operates",
      "word": "üzembentartó"
    },
    {
      "alt": "そうさしゃ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sōsasha",
      "sense": "one who operates",
      "word": "操作者"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "operētā",
      "sense": "one who operates",
      "word": "オペレーター"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jojakja",
      "sense": "one who operates",
      "word": "조작자"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "opeoreiteo",
      "sense": "one who operates",
      "word": "오퍼레이터"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "operátor",
      "sense": "one who operates",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "опера́тор"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "one who operates",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "operator"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "one who operates",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "operador"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "one who operates",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "operator"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "operátor",
      "sense": "one who operates",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "опера́тор"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "one who operates",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "operater"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "one who operates",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "оператер"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "one who operates",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "operador"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "one who operates",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "operatör"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "one who operates",
      "word": "operatör"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "operátor",
      "sense": "one who operates",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "опера́тор"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "telefonìst",
      "sense": "telecommunications operator",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "телефонѝст"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "telefonìstka",
      "sense": "telecommunications operator",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "телефонѝстка"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "telecommunications operator",
      "word": "話務員"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "huàwùyuán",
      "sense": "telecommunications operator",
      "word": "话务员"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "telecommunications operator",
      "word": "接線員"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiēxiànyuán",
      "sense": "telecommunications operator",
      "word": "接线员"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "telecommunications operator",
      "word": "telefonist"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "telecommunications operator",
      "word": "telefonistinde"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "telecommunications operator",
      "word": "operaattori"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "telecommunications operator",
      "word": "teleoperaattori"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "telecommunications operator",
      "word": "keskuksenhoitaja"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "telecommunications operator",
      "word": "vaihteenhoitaja"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "telecommunications operator",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "téléphoniste"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "telecommunications operator",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "telefonista"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "telecommunications operator",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Telefonist"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "telecommunications operator",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Telefonistin"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "telecommunications operator",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Vermittlung"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "tilefonitís",
      "sense": "telecommunications operator",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "τηλεφωνητής"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "tilefonítria",
      "sense": "telecommunications operator",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "τηλεφωνήτρια"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "merkaziyá",
      "sense": "telecommunications operator",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "מרכזיה"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "telecommunications operator",
      "word": "kezelő"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "telecommunications operator",
      "word": "operátor"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "telecommunications operator",
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "telefonos kisasszony"
    },
    {
      "alt": "こうかんしゅ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kōkanshu",
      "sense": "telecommunications operator",
      "word": "交換手"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "operâtor",
      "sense": "telecommunications operator",
      "word": "اپراتور"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "telefonči",
      "sense": "telecommunications operator",
      "word": "تلفنچی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "telecommunications operator",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "operator"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "telecommunications operator",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "telefonista"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "telecommunications operator",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "operator"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "telecommunications operator",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "operatoare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "telecommunications operator",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "telefonistă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "telefoníst",
      "sense": "telecommunications operator",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "телефони́ст"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "telefonístka",
      "sense": "telecommunications operator",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "телефони́стка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "operátor",
      "sense": "telecommunications operator",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "опера́тор"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "telecommunications operator",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "operater"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "telecommunications operator",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "оператер"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "telecommunications operator",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "telefonist"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "telecommunications operator",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "telebolag"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "telecommunications operator",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "operatör"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "telecommunications operator",
      "word": "operatör"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "operátor",
      "sense": "mathematical operator",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "опера́тор"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "mathematical operator",
      "word": "運算符"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yùnsùanfú",
      "sense": "mathematical operator",
      "word": "运算符"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "suànzǐ",
      "sense": "mathematical operator",
      "word": "算子"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "mathematical operator",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "operátor"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "mathematical operator",
      "word": "operator"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "mathematical operator",
      "word": "operacio"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "mathematical operator",
      "word": "operaattori"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "mathematical operator",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "opérateur"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "mathematical operator",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Operator"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "mathematical operator",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Rechenzeichen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "telestís",
      "sense": "mathematical operator",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "τελεστής"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "mathematical operator",
      "word": "műveleti jel"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "mathematical operator",
      "word": "operátor"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "mathematical operator",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "virki"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "mathematical operator",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "operatore"
    },
    {
      "alt": "えんざんし",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "enzanshi",
      "sense": "mathematical operator",
      "word": "演算子"
    },
    {
      "alt": "さようそ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sayōso",
      "sense": "mathematical operator",
      "word": "作用素"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "operator",
      "sense": "mathematical operator",
      "word": "оператор"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "'amalgar",
      "sense": "mathematical operator",
      "word": "عملگر"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "mathematical operator",
      "word": "عملیپتال"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "mathematical operator",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "operator"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "mathematical operator",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "operador"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "mathematical operator",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "operator"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "operátor",
      "sense": "mathematical operator",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "опера́тор"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "mathematical operator",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "operator"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "mathematical operator",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "djelatelj"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "mathematical operator",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "operator"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "mathematical operator",
      "word": "pakilos"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "mathematical operator",
      "word": "operatör"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "diacheiristís",
      "sense": "the administrator of a channel or network on IRC",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "διαχειριστής"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "diacheirístria",
      "sense": "the administrator of a channel or network on IRC",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "διαχειρίστρια"
    }
  ],
  "word": "operator"
}

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