Telegram \Tel"e*gram\, n. [Gr. ? far + -gram.]

A message sent by telegraph; a telegraphic dispatch.

Note: ``A friend desires us to give notice that he will ask leave, at some convenient time, to introduce a new word into the vocabulary. It is telegram, instead of telegraphic dispatch, or telegraphic communication.'' --Albany [N. Y.]

Evening Journal (April 6, 1852).

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)