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
(..) .. You know him? .. Of course. He's the best marshaI I've got. A kind of genius. .. Gordon has proven himseIf as a cunning operator, with a rapacious inteIIect. .. Nothing wiII stop him from compIeting a mission... .. ...except maybe the impuIsive actions of a headstrong cowboy. .. (..)1999 Wild Wild West