operator

Synonyms:

manipulator

Examples:

John Luther Jones

United States railroad engineer who died trying to stop his train from crashing into another train; a friend wrote a famous ballad describing the incident (1864-1900)

Berna Eli Oldfield

United States race driver who was the first to drive faster than a mile a minute (1878-1946)

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company operator

an operator who works for a company

driver

the operator of a motor vehicle

elevator operator

an operator of an elevator

engine driver, engineer, locomotive engineer, railroad engineer

the operator of a railway locomotive

hoister

an operator of a hoist

jockey

an operator of some vehicle or machine or apparatus

motorman

the operator of streetcar

radio operator

someone who operates a radio transmitter

switchman

a man who operates railroad switches

telegraph operator, telegrapher, telegraphist

someone who transmits messages by telegraph

switchboard operator, telephone operator, telephonist

someone who helps callers get the person they are calling

bus driver, busman

someone who drives a bus

chauffeur

a man paid to drive a privately owned car

designated driver

the member of a party who is designated to refrain from alcohol and so is sober when it is time to drive home

elevator girl

a girl employed to operate an elevator

elevator boy, elevator man, liftman

a man employed to operate an elevator

ham

a licensed amateur radio operator

honker

a driver who causes his car's horn to make a loud honking sound

kerb crawler

someone who drives slowly along the curb seeking sex from prostitutes or other women

automobilist, motorist

someone who drives (or travels in) an automobile

owner-driver

a motorist who owns the car that he/she drives

automobile driver, race driver, racer

someone who drives racing cars at high speeds

road hog, roadhog

a driver who obstructs others

speed demon, speeder

a driver who exceeds the safe speed limit

tailgater

a driver who follows too closely behind another motor vehicle

cabby, cabdriver, cabman, hack driver, hack-driver, livery driver, taxidriver, taximan

someone who drives a taxi for a living

teamster, truck driver, trucker

someone who drives a truck as an occupation

test driver

a driver who drives a motor vehicle to evaluate its performance

Type of:

causal agency, causal agent, cause

any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results

Types:

supermarketeer, supermarketer

an operator of a supermarket

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businessman, man of affairs

a person engaged in commercial or industrial business (especially an owner or executive)

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plunger, speculator

someone who risks losses for the possibility of considerable gains

Synonyms:

hustler, wheeler dealer

Types:

wire-puller

one who uses secret influence (i.e. pulls wires or strings) for his own ends

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opportunist, self-seeker

a person who places expediency above principle

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linear operator

an operator that obeys the distributive law: A(f+g) = Af + Ag (where f and g are functions)

identity, identity element, identity operator

an operator that leaves unchanged the element on which it operates

Type of:

function, map, mapping, mathematical function, single-valued function

(mathematics) a mathematical relation such that each element of a given set (the domain of the function) is associated with an element of another set (the range of the function)