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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Telegram \Tel"e*gram\, noun [Gr. ? far + -gram.] A message sent by telegraph; a telegraphic dispatch.
Note: ''A friend desires us to give notice that he will ask leave, at some convenient time, to introduce a new word into the vocabulary. It is telegram, instead of telegraphic dispatch, or telegraphic communication.'' --Albany [N. Y.] Evening Journal (April 6, 1852).
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
telegram
noun: a message transmitted by telegraph [syn: {wire}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
26 Moby Thesaurus words for "telegram": Teletype, advice, cable, cablegram, communication, communique, day letter, dispatch, embassy, express, fast telegram, flash, letter, message, night letter, pneumatogram, radio, radiogram, release, send a wire, sign off, sign on, telegraph, telex, wire, word
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