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Dutch
Etymology
From Italian marconista.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌmɑr.koˈnɪst/
- Rhymes: -ɪst
- Hyphenation: mar‧co‧nist
Noun
marconist m (plural marconisten, diminutive marconistje n)
- wireless operator
1982 [1932], J. Slauerhoff, Het verboden rijk, 10th edition, Amsterdam: Nijgh & Van Ditmar, →ISBN, page 93:Een marconsist, 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.
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