"operator" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "operate + -or",
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      "form": "operator",
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  "hyphenation": "op‧er‧ator",
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  "pos": "noun",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Jo is the operator of the tractor."
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "An operator is a person who operates something."
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The operator was struggling to keep the line connected."
        }
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        "An operator is a person who works on making connections for people over the telephone."
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        "An operator is a symbol that is used to perform a specific operation (addition, subtraction, multiplication or division) in maths."
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      "ipa": "/ˈɒpəreɪtə/",
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    },
    {
      "sampa": "/\"Qp@reIt@/",
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      "ipa": "/ˈɑːpəreɪtɚ/",
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  "word": "operator"
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "operate + -or",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "operator",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
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  "hyphenation": "op‧er‧ator",
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  "pos": "noun",
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          "text": "Jo is the operator of the tractor."
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        "An operator is a person who operates something."
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The operator was struggling to keep the line connected."
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      ],
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      ]
    },
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      "glosses": [
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