keyman
Noun
A telegraph operator.
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Conscious of their importance, the 324 labor delegates marched bravely in and elected by acclaim as their president a onetime Ontario telegraph keyman, Senator Gideon Decker Robertson […]
A workman who checks a railway track for faults, and who carries a keying hammer.
Usage- India
An employee of vital importance to a business.
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A corporation may feel the need for life insurance on one of its keymen under a variety of circumstances.
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As the keymen learn how to handle confidential company information, the owner-manager can disclose more to them. In most very small firms, the keymen will be "working" bosses.
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keymen