televisor

televisor means A television set.

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Etymology

Probably partly from televis(ion) + -or, and partly (in sense 2) from televise + -or. Appears to have been coined by the Scottish inventor John Logie Baird (1888–1936) in 1926 or earlier. A genericized trademark.

noun

A television set.e.g.“Maybe, I am not yet mad but somewhat hypersensitive. So I prefer to make use of a TFT display and threw my televisor away in order to avoid getting red eyes.” — 1997 November 20, eckard blumschein, “Going Insane”, in alt.sci.physics.acoustics (Usenet), archived from the original on 30 Jun 2026:
A television set.; A (later partly) mechanical such apparatus, largely superseded during the 1930s by wholly electronic ones; originally and especially, one designed and patented by the Scottish inventor John Logie Baird (1888–1936).
One who works in the television industry, e.g., a presenter, broadcaster, or telecaster.
An organization that makes or broadcasts television programs.e.g.“Gary 3:16 "There was once thy BBC F1 [Formula One] televisor, moving to ITV so Bernie got a few more sheckels.[…]"” — 1998 November 16, [Gary] <gobrien@eudoramail.com>, uk.media.tv.misc (Usenet), archived from the original on 30 Jun 2026:

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