operator

Definition

  • noun: a person who uses and controls something (such as a machine, device, or business)
  • noun: one that 'operates'
  • synonyms: machiavellian, pbx operator, activist

Examples

  • She's quite an 'operator'—no one else could have gotten them all to agree to the project.

  • Call the 'operator' for the phone number.

  • the 'operator' of a nuclear power plant

Movie quotes

  • (..) But apparently this is what he wanted. There were all RF so we could radio control them. So we could sit down and my board operator could switch them on... ...and dim them up and down, whatever. So these create the light effect on the faces of the Dwarves. And they throw them around (..)
    2012 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey