Noun

(en noun)

One who operates.

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A telecommunications facilitator whose job is to establish temporary network connections.

(mathematics) A function or other mapping that carries variables defined on a domain into another variable or set of variables in a defined range.

Chinese whispers.

(informal) A person who is adept at making deals or getting results, especially one who uses questionable methods.

A member of a military Special Operations unit.

(computing) The administrator of a channel or network on IRC.

(linguistics) A kind of expression that enters into an a-bar movement dependency and is said to bind a variable.

In the sentence "What did Bill say he wants to buy?", "what" is an operator , binding a phonetically empty variable.

Noun

(dogmen)

(Australia) An assistant to a crane operator, responsible for securing the crane's load and directing the operator.

* 1998 , Meredith Burgmann, Verity Burgmann, Green Bans, Red Union: Environmental Activism and the New South Wales Builders Labourers? Federation , page 108,

Accordingly, during 1972 the union embarked upon a concerted campaign to enforce the use of two dogmen on each crane.

* 2005 , Henry Pollack, The Accidental Developer: The Fascinating Rise to the Top of Mirvac Founder Henry Pollack , page 243,

The usual crane crew required for operation of the site was one crane driver and two dogmen', but the BLF insisted that the builder keep a relief crane driver and a relief ' dogman permanently on site.

* 2010 , Raymond D. Clements, Aussie Rogue , page 59,

The only work I had done as a dogman was to use a crane on the back of a truck ‘slinging loads’ and work the crane and truck myself.

A man who trains dogs to fight for sport.

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