marconist

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian marconista.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌmɑr.koːˈnɪst/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪst
  • Hyphenation: mar‧co‧nist

Noun

marconist m (plural marconisten, diminutive marconistje n)

  1. wireless operator (radiotelegraph operator)
    • 1982 [1932], J. Slauerhoff, Het verboden rijk, 10th edition, Amsterdam: Nijgh & Van Ditmar, →ISBN, page 93:
      Een marconist, dat wil zeggen een wezen dat vlees noch vis, zeeman noch landbewoner, officier noch mindere is.
      A wireless operator, that is to say a creature that is neither flesh nor fish, neither a sailor nor a landlubber, neither an officer nor a subordinate.

Descendants

  • Indonesian: markonis
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