operator
A person or organisation that operates a device, system, service, etc.
Example
“The drone crashed because of operator error.”
Other meanings
A telecommunications facilitator whose job is to connect or otherwise assist callers.
“To get an international line, you used to have to go through the operator.”
A member of a military special operations unit.
Related words
- cooperator
- eigenoperator
- hyperoperator
- interoperator
- intraoperator
- metaoperator
- nonoperator
- operatorial
- operatorless
- operatorship
- operatress
- operon
Word history
From Latin "operātor".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “operator” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.