radio operator
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3.4
- noun
- /ˈreɪdioʊ ˈɒpəreɪtər/
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operador de radio
- Most of the time, he was on LSM 368 as the radar/radio operator, delivering supplies to ships at sea and throughout the islands.
- ham radio operator
- amateur radio operator
You were a pig radio operator, first Marines Camp Pendleton, CA crisis response team in Saudi Arabia prior to Afghanistan.
- You were a pig radio operator, first Marines Camp Pendleton, CA crisis response team in Saudi Arabia prior to Afghanistan.
- Long wave correction shortwave transmissions into Russia via ham radio operators would be helpful as well.
Examples
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A young radio operator serving in Vietnam... whose platoon came under mortar attack near the outpost at Soc Trang.
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Her dad was an amateur radio operator.
Fiction book (2002) -
The radio operator said one man had been killed.
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Radio operators will set up over here.
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I'm the radio operator supervisor.
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As far as we can see, there's only one radio operator.
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Radio operator, to update the incoming ambulance on the location, access, patient condition, etc.
Blog text (23) -
I'm Private Durwood, radio operator 171, reporting for A.S.S duty.
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Frantic efforts were being made to reach the Californian, only ten miles away, but she couldn't be roused, despite the radio operator's frantic efforts.
Fiction book (1991) -
The radio operator communicated crucial information to the pilot during the flight.
How Responsible
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a person who operates a radio transmitter' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'radio' (device for wireless signals) with 'operator' (someone who operates equipment). This follows a very common modifier+head noun compound pattern found across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both words would readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Radio operator comes from the early days when ships and armies used large radio sets and needed a person—the operator—to run them and send messages, creating a clear image of someone working the machine. So today a radio operator is a person whose job is 'to operate' a radio and send or receive messages.