Category:Telegram

Tel"e*gram, n. Etym: [gr. -gram.]

Defn: 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).