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Probably partly from televis(ion) + -or, and partly (in senses 2 and 3) from televise + -or. Appears to have been coined by the Scottish inventor John Logie Baird (1888–1936) in 1926 or earlier. A genericized trademark.

First known use, by meaning

• from 1926 A television set.
• from 1926 A (later partly) mechanical such apparatus, largely superseded during the 1930s by wholly electronic ones; originally and especially, one designed and patented by the Scottish inventor John Logie Baird (1888–1936).
• from 1929 One who works in the television industry, e.g., a presenter, broadcaster, or telecaster.
• from 1936 An organization that makes or broadcasts television programs.