Telegram
Pronunciation : Tel"e*gram
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Gr. -gram.]
Definition : Defn: 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 Unabridged Dictionary, 1913