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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Operator \Op"er*a'tor\, noun [L.]
1. One who, or that which, operates or produces an effect.
2. (Surg.) One who performs some act upon the human body by means of the hand, or with instruments.
3. A dealer in stocks or any commodity for speculative purposes; a speculator. [Brokers' Cant]
4. (Math.) The symbol that expresses the operation to be performed; -- called also {facient}.
5. A person who operates a telephone switchboard. [PJC]
6. A person who schemes and maneuvers adroitly or deviously to achieve his/her purposes. [PJC]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
operator
noun
1: (mathematics) a symbol that represents a function from functions to functions; "the integral operator"
2: an agent that operates some apparatus or machine; "the operator of the switchboard" [syn: {manipulator}]
3: someone who owns or operates a business; "who is the operator of this franchise?"
4: a shrewd or unscrupulous person who knows how to circumvent difficulties [syn: {hustler}, {wheeler dealer}]
5: a speculator who trades aggressively on stock or commodity markets
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
105 Moby Thesaurus words for "operator": Machiavellian, PBX operator, activist, actor, administrator, adventurer, agent, architect, author, ball of fire, beaver, behind-the-scenes operator, big operator, big wheel, big-time operator, bustler, busy bee, central, coconspirator, conductor, conniver, conspirator, conspirer, counterplotter, creator, director, doer, driver, eager beaver, eminence grise, engineer, enthusiast, executant, executor, executrix, exploiter, fabricator, faker, finagler, fraud, functionary, gamesman, go-getter, gray eminence, gunslinger, handler, human dynamo, hustler, intrigant, intriguer, kingmaker, lame duck, live wire, logroller, long distance, machinator, maker, man of action, man of deeds, manager, maneuverer, manipulator, margin purchaser, medium, militant, mover, new broom, operant, operative, operative surgeon, opportunist, performer, perpetrator, pilot, plotter, plunger, political activist, pork-barrel politician, powerhouse, practitioner, prime mover, producer, runner, sawbones, scalper, schemer, smart operator, smoothie, speculator, stag, steersman, strategist, subject, superintendent, supervisor, surgeon, switchboard operator, take-charge guy, telephone operator, telephonist, wheeler-dealer, winner, wire-puller, wise guy, worker
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
operator A symbol used as a {function}, with {infix syntax} if it has two arguments (e.g. "+") or {prefix syntax} if it has only one (e.g. {Boolean} NOT). Many languages use operators for built-in functions such as arithmetic and logic. (1995-04-30)
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